Ongoing repost to build a collection. If you have any to add or see any corrections I need to make, please email me at stacytrasancos@msn.com. “God Ineffable — whose ways are mercy and truth, whose will is omnipotence itself, and whose wisdom “reaches from end to end mightily, and orders all things sweetly” — having [...]
This is from the first part of my book. The book is not long and I tried to be concise. I want to communicate this significant work in plain language. This concept is important whether you are a scientist or not, a Catholic or not. Here’s why. The first time I read Fr. Stanley L. [...]
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Three years ago after two miscarriages I learned a new baby was surviving in my womb. Facing that love and loss inspired me to learn more about the Catholic faith and how to communicate it better. I began researching theology degrees online, and decided to try the first course of a distance learning program at [...]
An atheist once asked me for empirical evidence of my faith, which appealed to the scientist, the Christian, and the mother in me all at once. Let me explain. I wanted to become a scientist because I was drawn to chemistry. I didn’t know anything about it in the beginning. I made the decision, I [...]
The other day a particular child,* I shall not say which, committed a serious offense against her grandmother. If said child were an adult, it would not only have been illegal, it would have been a transgression of a commandment, a mortal sin. Although I wanted to shake the sneaky little mini-me, I mostly wanted her [...]
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When I asked why the two-year-old was wailing, the five-year-old said, “Because Halloween no longer exists in this house!” That’s what the nine-year-old surmised after we nixed trick-or-treating this year. We live remotely, and it’s too hard to do anymore. So it’s true; we’re probably done with it. To lighten the burden of having such [...]
I just finished writing a thesis about the late Father Stanley Jaki’s work for a Master’s degree in Theology, and my brain hurts. I love that about scholarship. You learn, assimilate, and then possess new knowledge. It’s hard, but you earn it. In the end, it’s more exciting than going to the mall, buying a [...]
