Acedia and Total Amusement
We live in slothful times.Ā I donāt mean to say that our age is uniquely lazy, however common indolence may happen to be.Ā Modern...
Sometimes, Alas, Arguing is Futile
Jesus provides us with a motive for acting, viz., the love of God, which in practical terms produces a love of our neighbours. Thatās...
Impurity and Self-Idolatry
Our whole human condition is enlightened by understanding the addictive process that leads to impurity. In a sense, all sin is a form of...
Easter and the Eucharist
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden...
The Queenship of Mary, All Holy and All Good, and, then there’s Justin…
A blessed memorial of the Queenship of Mary, a feast formally instituted by Pope Pius XII on October 11, 1954, in his encyclical Ad...
Darwin’s Sad Legacy
No one doubts that modern science is a wonderful thing; but no one also doubts that it is a terrible thing. Modern factories everywhere...
Conversionary Compassion: Pope Francis and the Engaged Church
Conservative Catholics have expressed suspicion that Pope Francis is importing the values of a culture influenced by secular humanism into Church theology. He has...
How Wisdom Is Superior to Knowledge
Wisdom and knowledge are not the same. One can have much wisdom and be short of knowledge. On the other hand, one can have...
Fifth Sunday of Lent: The Infinite, Incarnate Mercy of God
I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord (Phil. 3:8). ā§¾
Our Gospel reading today is taken...
Markās Gospel is True History
The four canonical Gospels are without question the four most important books ever written. These books give us an inerrant portrait of Jesus Christ,...
