Handel’s Messiah and the Resurrection
This day, in 1742, April 13th, was the first performance of Handel’s Messiah, in Dublin, of all places. Here was an Oratorio, following the...
Parents beware: The effects of teaching same-sex attraction during pre-adolescence
(At the request of the author, we are re-posting this reflection by Leeda Crawford from September 2010, sage advice for parents with children in...
Mere Christianity: A Critical Analysis
The signature work of the most iconic Christian writer of the 20th century, C. S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity is a powerful weapon in the...
The Humble Servant in the Lord’s Vineyard Goes to the Father’s House
After the great John Paul II, the cardinals elected me, a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord. I am consoled by...
Christ and the Incorruptibles
“I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in...
The Last Sunday of Advent
What follows is Pope Saint John Paul II's last Advent address, way back in 2004. He would go to his eternal reward three months...
Against the New Integralists
Once upon a time, political discourse among orthodox Catholics was dominated by the old First Things school – Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, George Weigel,...
Fourteenth Sunday: The Inadequacy of Relativism and Random Chance
A theme common to Ezekiel and Saint Mark—the readings for the fourteenth Sunday, year B—is the necessity of faith . . .  and, be...
Apologetics 101, Question 8: Potency and Evolution
In response to Catholic Insight’s post of Carl Sundell’s list of 39 essential questions Catholics should be prepared to answer about our faith, I...
Doors of Victory
And there was a great battle in heaven; Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought, and his angels. And...
