John Paul Meenan currently teaches Theology at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, with a particular interest in the relationship between faith and reason, and how the principles of our faith should impact and shape the human person and modern culture.
A very blessed and joyous Solemnity of the Ascension to all our readers... At least in the Church universal, which follows the historical fact that the original Ascension occurred on a Thursday, and is...
A good choice was made with Saint Matthias, in accordance with God's holy will, and we may rejoice accordingly on this feast of the Apostle.
But Good goes along with Evil in this vale of...
Human life is much about prudence, the virtue that disposes practical reason to discern our true good in every circumstance, and to choose the right means of achieving it. (CCC, #1806). Prudence should take...
I read recently a comparison between early Christians forced undergroundĀ to Mass in the catacombs, and modern Catholics relegated to Mass on the Ethernet (Internet?).Ā It made me wonder: There may be some similarity, but...
Filtering what comes through 'mainstream' media is good for one's mental and spiritual clarity these days. I try to avoid television, but caught a bit of the headlines last week sort of by accident...
This day marks the anniversary of the death of Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, (+1783), one of the oddest, but also the most attractive, of saints. His vocation, such as it was, was a unique...
A blessed Divine Mercy Sunday to one and all, a feast put in place by Pope Saint John Paul II, back in the Jubilee Year of 2000. Five years later, he would go to...
A continued blessed and joyous Easter to all our readers, on this second day of eight days of solemnities, each day an 'Easter Sunday' - then another month of the Easter season, until Pentecost,...