The True Meaning of Poverty: Twenty Eighth Sunday

‘How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God’ (Mk. 10:24). As with many of Our Lord’s sayings,...

What ‘Following the Science’ Really Means: The Limits of Medicine and Moral Freedom

If there is one thing that is omnipresent in empirical research, it is doubt. This line has always stuck with me, from a methodology textbook...

The Holy Eucharist and the Life of Charity

For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many’ (Mk....

The Art of Dying Well

Saint Robert Cardinal Bellarmine (1452-1621) was a theologian and scholar of the first rank. After joining the newly formed Order of the Society of...

The Body and Judgement

“The Spirit of God who raised Jesus from the dead, . . . will give life to your mortal bodies.” This is what we...

Praying and Rejoicing with Pope John Paul II

Today, Friday 22 October 2021, the universal Church cries out with joy for the feast of Pope St John Paul II. On this very day,...

Seeing By Humility

‘Son of David, have mercy on me’ (Mk. 10:47). ⧾ The request made by Bartimaeus in his encounter with Our Lord reveals two things: the...

Saint Joseph: Foster Father, Virginal Father, Real Father?

As I do more reading into what various theologians and josephologists have written about the fatherhood of Saint Joseph, I notice that there is...

Max Planck’s Mighty Minimum

Suppose for instance someone maintained that there is a minimum magnitude; that man with his minimum would shake the foundations of mathematics. So prophesied Aristotle...

Christ’s Universal Grace

Saint Paul’s letter to the Romans is based on a parallel between the figures of Adam and Jesus Christ. In the Bible, Adam is...