The Liturgical Sense of the Readings at Mass
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The Liturgy Teaches Us that what Belongs to God, Stays with God (Palm Sunday Reflection)

The Liturgical Sense of the Readings at Catholic Mass
The Liturgical Sense of the Readings at Catholic Mass
The Liturgy Teaches Us that what Belongs to God, Stays with God (Palm Sunday Reflection)
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The Liturgical Sense of the Scriptures Podcast, featuring Catholic Author David L. Gray, reflects on Palm Sunday Mass readings. The liturgy illustrates that all things, including our most valuable possessions, belong to God. This truth, echoing through the Gospels, demands our recognition of divine ownership and authority. The illusion of ownership leads to possession, contrasting with the humility taught by the liturgy. Gray urges self-reflection on our attachment to possessions and calls for a return to the acknowledgment that our whole lives should be offered to God, as modeled in the Mass.

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‘Eugenics and Other Evils,’ by G. K. Chesterton

In his book, Chesterton argues that eugenic laws are a means of suppressing the poor, and predicts the abuse of eugenics. The book was influential enough that the British Parliament began to question eugenic legislation (Sparkes, 1999), and indeed eugenic legislation as existed in the United States was never passed in Great Britain.

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‘The Everlasting Man,’ by G. K. Chesterton

The Everlasting Man is a Christian apologetics book written by G. K. Chesterton and published in 1925. It is, to some extent, a deliberate rebuttal of H. G. Wells’ The Outline of History, disputing Wells’ portrayals of human life and civilization as a seamless development from animal life and of Jesus Christ as merely another charismatic figure. Chesterton detailed his own spiritual journey in Orthodoxy, but in this book, he tries to illustrate the spiritual journey of humanity, or at least of Western civilization.

The Liturgy of Saint Gregory the Theologian
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‘The Liturgy of Saint Gregory the Theologian,’ by Dr. Nicholas Newman

Summary:
This book, a dissertation written at the University of Zurich, offers a new edition, translation and a commentary of the Greek Liturgy of St. Gregory the Theologian. In the discussion of the Greek text, which exists alongside a Coptic version, the origins of the liturgy and its programmatic use in the turbulent theological world of the fourth century are discovered.

The Catholic Catechism on Freemasonry by David L. Gray
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‘The Catholic Catechism on Freemasonry,’ by David L. Gray

Summary:
The Catholic Catechism on Freemasonry: A Theological and Historical Treatment on the Catholic Church’s Prohibition Against Freemasonry and its Appendant Masonic Bodies contextualizes the history and provides a theological analysis and commentary on the nine Papal documents, two Canon Laws, and two documents issued by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, which relate specifically to the Catholic Church’s dogmatic prohibition against Freemasonry.

The Liturgical Sense of the Readings at Mass
The Liturgical Sense of the Readings at Mass, Year A

The Liturgy Empowers and Equips us to Bring the Dead to Life (Fifth Sunday of Lent) Year A

The Liturgical Sense of the Readings at Catholic Mass
The Liturgical Sense of the Readings at Catholic Mass
The Liturgy Empowers and Equips us to Bring the Dead to Life (Fifth Sunday of Lent) Year A
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Reflection on the Readings at Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Lent – Year A. The Liturgical Sense of the Scriptures Podcast, by Catholic Author and Theologian David L. Gray.

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‘Summa Theologica,’ by Saint Thomas Aquinas

The Summa Theologiae or Summa Theologica (transl. ’Summary of Theology’), often referred to simply as the Summa, is the best-known work of Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), a scholastic theologian and Doctor of the Church. It is a compendium of all of the main theological teachings of the Catholic Church, intended to be an instructional guide for theology students, including seminarians and the literate laity.

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