Our Wedding Garment
"My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?â
(Matthew 22:12)
I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down...
A Brief Philosophy of Music
'Critical Race Theory' is all the rage, so it is not much surprise that the historiographical device currently in vogue is the notion of...
High Virtue, Low Virtue, and the Dangers of Moral Self-righteousness
One of the most mysterious statements in all philosophy comes from the Taoist sage Lao Tzu, who proclaims in the Tao Teh Ching: âHigh...
Contra Cardinal McElroy’s Moral Muddle
In January, Cardinal Robert McElroy, one of the most recent Bishops elevated to the cardinalate by Pope Francis, published quite a controversial article in...
Ode to the dishwasher Â
(On this Thanksgiving morning, you might enjoy this wonderful poem from a Canadian mother, on the philosophy, nay, the very theology, of washing dishes,...
A Grace-Filled Pentecost! Come Holy Ghost!
âIf a man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make...
The Pope and the Death Penalty
At the climax of Lukeâs passion narrative, we see Jesus hanging between two criminals. One of the criminals mocks Jesus, but the other responds,...
Falls From Grace
First there were the twisties â not a wardrobe malfunction, but a loss of muscle memory in gymnasts, who âforgetâ their routines, and where...
A Brief History of Eminent Atheists
Here is a sober thought. Let us suppose we might be looking for the first atheists in the history of the world. My candidates...
The True Beauty of Liturgical Music
The tragic loss of beauty in liturgy we should not dismiss lightly, for if there is one thing we can glean from Scripture, and from...
