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 Soul of the Internet
One of my blogging heroines often says the only thing that qualifies her to blog is that she is a housewife with a computer—meaning,...
Momentous motherhood
"Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." -...
A Vote for Life
The referendum vote in Ireland today, on the ‘right’ to abortion, is a turning point in our culture, for the Catholic nation symbolizes something...
Elizabeth Anscombe on Hating God
Elizabeth Anscombe (1919-2001) was a British analytic philosopher who early in life met and was deeply influenced by the great Austrian logician and linguist...
Dog (walk) days
A few days ago, I took my dog for a walk. While traveling, walks are a several times a day thing, but here at...
Warmed Over Hypocrisy
The hypocrisy of the climate-change-save-the-Earth movement waxes rather warm itself these days, as it has since its incipience under Al Gore in those 90's...
The Adventure of Letting Go
Five years ago, in the middle of a pretty rough semester at university, during which I had struggled with some health issues and some...
Mulling over Merton
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a Trappist monk, theologian, poet, mystic, and the author of more than seventy books. Having lost both parents by the...
Marry that virtuous Atheist!
A few months ago, a girl I know was struggling with the question of whether she, a Catholic, should continue dating her non-Catholic boyfriend.
At...