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I have just learned that Archbishop Raymond Burke will be a guest on EWTN Live this Wednesday (Jan. 18) at 7:00 p.m. This show will be hosted by Fr. Mitch Pacwa.

On an interesting note, I and my brother college seminarians met Fr. Pacwa this past Sunday at St. Raymond Maronite Co-Cathedral in downtown St. Louis (we were there to experience the Maronite liturgical rite of the Catholic Church, and he was a concelebrant). He gave a very inspiring homily on vocations, and I look forward to viewing his interview with Archbishop Burke!

Today I finally had a little time to post a paper I wrote during one of my philosophy courses during my previous semester at Saint Louis University:

In this paper I originally wrote for my Philosophy of God class at Saint Louis University, I outlined major Empiricist philosophers' ideas and conceptions of God. The main philosophies I explored were those of Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, David Hume and John Locke.

The main purpose of the paper was to explore how the Empiricist thought of God has developed historically, and what impact this thought has had on modern conceptions of who or what God is, as well as the question that exists today (in some people's minds) of whether God exists at all.

Click here to see the paper.

Today I received the following in an email:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Members of the new lay Catholic group Defenders of Archbishop Burke will be attending the installation Mass of the new Polish pastor at St. Agatha Catholic Church on Sunday at 10 A.M.

The group’s spokesman, Bill McKenzie, will be available before and after Mass for statements to the press.

For information or statements call Bill McKenzie at (314) 962-6304 or email at [email protected].

Let us pray for our Archbishop today as he celebrates his feast day. We pray for the intercession of St. Raymond of Peñafort, a priest who produced a collection of canon law and was general of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Let us always remember that, when we pray for someone to make the right decisions or to do what is right, we ask for God's Will, not ours, to be done.

I return to the Seminary on Monday, and I am hoping this will be a great semester. Our main Chapel (the St. Joseph's Chapel) has been rennovated, with pews in the whole chapel, two new confessionals, and a re-worked choir loft. The Priestie Boyz are about halfway through recording their first album, Lost in Ecstasy, and the annual Seminary variety show is only a couple months away. There is much to be excited about!

The birds are obviously enjoying our St. Louis weather today (high of 58°F). I found this one on the bird feeder in my backyard this morning:

I would like to wish everyone a happy New Year, and I hope and pray that all may grow in love for the Lord at this beginning of a new calendar year. I will be beginning my studies again soon, kicking off the new year with a priestly formation week at the Seminary. Please pray for the Seminarians during this new semester!

In other news, I would like to offer the Archbishop's column in the St. Louis Review from December 16 for those of you who may have questions concerning the St. Stanislaus Kostka parish. In it, the Archbishop outlines the situation and explains all the details quite well.