For those of you who follow/support us here on Locals that don't already know, we have a Telegram group chat for the channel. It has been going for a little over a year now and a lot of us in it have become really good friends. If you're interested, this link should work to join the group at least for the next day or so. I often deactivate these links after a while so that we don't get too much riff raff joining haha.
Have you ever wondered what happened after the Book of Acts closes? The story of Christianity's explosive growth through the ancient world might be the most thrilling chapter in Church history you've never fully explored.
Joshua Charles, founder of Eternal Christendom, takes us on a captivating journey through the grand narrative of salvation history, revealing how Greek philosophy, Roman order, and Hebrew revelation converged at the perfect moment for Christ's arrival. This isn't just ancient history—it's the story we're still living today.
Discover how the early Church Fathers understood prophecy unfolding before their eyes as pagan temples fell and Christian altars rose across the empire. Learn why St. Thomas Aquinas identified "obedience to the Roman Church" as the mysterious restrainer mentioned in Scripture, and why this matters for our current moment.
The conversation ventures into fascinating territory as Joshua addresses the recurring biblical motif of older and younger brothers—from ...
Christ is risen! The glorious transformation we've been preparing for through forty days of Lenten sacrifice has arrived, but what happens to our spiritual journey now?
This meditation explores the profound significance of Eastertide—not merely as the end of Lenten disciplines but as the beginning of a new way of living. From the triumphant moment when "light has triumphed over darkness," we are called to understand that Easter isn't about abandoning our spiritual progress, but redirecting it toward a fuller expression of our life in Christ.
As St. Paul reminds us, being "risen with Christ" means elevating our desires toward heaven while detaching from mere earthly satisfactions. For newly baptized Catholics, this season marks their first days in the faith, while for all believers, it offers a time to balance joyful celebration with continued spiritual growth. The Easter octave specifically highlights this transition as we learn to live out the new life received in baptism.
The meditation offers ...
Have you ever wondered what happened after the Book of Acts closes? The story of Christianity's explosive growth through the ancient world might be the most thrilling chapter in Church history you've never fully explored.
Joshua Charles, founder of Eternal Christendom, takes us on a captivating journey through the grand narrative of salvation history, revealing how Greek philosophy, Roman order, and Hebrew revelation converged at the perfect moment for Christ's arrival. This isn't just ancient history—it's the story we're still living today.
Discover how the early Church Fathers understood prophecy unfolding before their eyes as pagan temples fell and Christian altars rose across the empire. Learn why St. Thomas Aquinas identified "obedience to the Roman Church" as the mysterious restrainer mentioned in Scripture, and why this matters for our current moment.
The conversation ventures into fascinating territory as Joshua addresses the recurring biblical motif of older and younger brothers—from ...
When evangelical leader Charlie Kirk declared "the antidote to feminism is our Lady," Catholics across social media took notice. His surprising admission that "we as Protestants and Evangelicals under-venerate Mary" has sparked intense conversation about whether the prominent conservative commentator might be on a path toward Rome.
The statement represents a significant theological shift for Kirk, who went on to praise Mary as "a phenomenal example and a counter to so much of the toxicity of feminism in the modern era." While careful not to overstate what's happening, we examine this moment through a Catholic lens, exploring how devotion to Mary has historically led many Protestant thinkers toward Catholic teaching. Reports that Kirk has been attending weekday Mass with his wife add an intriguing dimension to the discussion.
We also revisit Michael Knowles' earlier conversation with Kirk about Catholicism, analyzing the challenges of interfaith dialogue when trying to balance ...
Ant was talking with the fire of Dante yesterday must be that Italian aggression
(Maybe if Anthony finished school and could read than he would be the next Dante aligarhi)
Part five “The fathers journeying deep inside the valley
Famished for some of the living wine
Tasted the sweetest arbor of salvation
And saw as Sion’s oracle how the heavens
And earth were first risen over abyss
To contemplate the light of their creator
And suffered violence and were born away
Into bowls of darkness as the light
Was sharpened and in rings intensified,
Having been born off to this lowest choir,
Which the fathers who in all their might
Becoming only doctors dared to see.
And to express to man (the second angels)
All the choirs as to glory in Him
Who created everything in order
So that his blinding essence may be seen
By we are are yet poor and lonesome creatures,
Though his deepest love held in the son
Who become like us showed us how
God's light is seen in mire and in mud.
And he who sticks his saber to the moon
The knightly one who stretches out the sun.
And all the other angels in his swoon
made prep’rtaion unto the lowly one,
Christ, and thats he who’d thomas’ swoon;
His very handywork with whom He’s pleased
To mirror man's great stubbornness and fall
By flowing forth the oracle’s river
In form of sacred doctrine right and true
Which past the heavenly choirs lifts the mind
Of lowly man to contemplate God
In justice, goodness, peace and charity,
And all these secret virtues hidden deep
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