Daily Archives: December 26, 2012

Did You Know….?

The Vatican Radio has reported that in this past year 105 thousand Christians have been killed for their faith in various parts of the world. One hundred five thousand martyrs. I’ll bet you didn’t know that. It could happen here … Continue reading

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Icons, Steve Jobs, and the Noetic Aspect of Human Understanding

Iconagrapher Lynette Hull talks in the video below of the Icon as a means of knowing that is direct and not filtered through the rational. She speaks of the noetic aspect of human understanding that is experienced via what the Eastern Churches … Continue reading

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Holy Father’s Urbi et Orbi Message

Each year, the Holy Father issues a Christmas message to the entire world (Urbi et Orbi). Here are his words for 2012. “Veritas de terra orta est!” – “Truth has sprung out of the earth” (Ps 85:12). Dear brothers and sisters in Rome … Continue reading

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