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The Douai Bible ('you' version) is now complete as regards the New Testament. The prospect of tackling the Old Testament is much more daunting. When and if time permits, I hope to start with the Psalms, and follow with the Wisdom books... We'll see.
Readers will have noticed the Search engine now integrated into the site. It should help research considerably. As most readers will know, the most effective searches are normally not for an individual word but for a phrase or combination of words. If one wishes, for instance, to search for gift of self or essential obligations or freedom and responsibility, one should enter the phrase, in the search box, within quotes: i.e. "gift of self", "essential obligations", "freedom and responsibility", etc.
The Vocation to Marriage (from Faith magazine (July-August, 2011) is also posted. There I seek to reflect on "the twofold end of marriage: the good of the spouses and the transmission of life" (CCC 2362); and to show the interdependence between these two ends. To my mind, many spouses today are not achieving their "good" - i.e. the learning to love here on earth that prepares them for the infinite love of heaven - because they fail to see that children are not "optional extras" in a marriage but a privileged gift of God that involves the spouses in his divine plans, drawing them out of themselves and above themselves.
An old essay of mine, Law and Morality, resurrected from somewhere, can be found in the English articles section.
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