Posts Tagged “ancient Christianity”
When you read the scriptures, you not only learn about the content of prayer (giving thanks, etc.), but you also notice the discipline of it, the regularity of it. As I covered in a post last week on prayer and the workday, Daniel and the Psalmist both pray three times a day, morning, noon, and [...]
Last Wednesday Pope Benedict talked a bit about the spill he took earlier in July and the broken wrist he suffered. “Unfortunately, my own guardian angel did not prevent my injury,” he said. The angel didn’t fall down on the job. He was “certainly following superior orders.” The upbeat pope added, “Perhaps the Lord wanted [...]