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No one can receive anything except what is given him from heaven. You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him. He who has the bride is the bridegroom; the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice; therefore this joy of mine is now full. He must increase, but I must decrease. (Saint John the Baptist, Jn 3:30)

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The Liminal and Luminous Birth of John the Baptist

We celebrate the birthdays of three ‘saints’ in our liturgical calendar: Christ Himself, the Son of God, of course, on Christmas Day; His Mother,...

The I-Phone and Fertility

It has been verified statistically - not quite the same thing as being truly 'verified' - that the introduction of the i-phone significantly decreased...

Saints John Fisher and Thomas More: Men for Our Times

Two glorious martyrs of the 'Reformation' are celebrated today: Saint Thomas More, husband, father, lawyer, sometime chancellor of England, was martyred in 1535 soon...

Sunday Musical Offering: Anima Christi by Father Frisina

The Anima Christi is an ancient prayer of devotion to the humanity of Christ, especially in His Passion. It has been attributed to Saint...

Romuald’s Erimetical Reform

Saint Romuald (+June 19, 1025/27) was a tenth-century monk, founder of the strict Camaldolese Order, named after their primary benefactor, Maldoli, who, impressed by...
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Distributism: The Original ‘Third Way’ for Shared Ownership, Social Justice, and Economic Equality & Democracy

For much of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, political economy has been dominated by two paradigms: capitalism, with markets and private ownership, and state socialism, with collective state control of production. Both systems promise prosperity and dignity, yet both have significant limitations.

A Pilgrimage from Vienna to Rome

I decided to make a pilgrimage to Rome, prompted by the Jubilee year, and walking through the Holy Doors. But I couldn’t just show up in Rome, so to make a pilgrimage of it.

Apologetics 101

Apologetics is the art of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse, making reference to both faith and reason as appropriate, in light of Saint Peter’s admonition to ‘Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence’ (1 Peter 3:15).