Acedia and Total Amusement
We live in slothful times. I don’t mean to say that our age is uniquely lazy, however common indolence may happen to be. Modern...
The Pieta’s Anamnesis: Memory and Consolation in the Eternal City
A visit to Rome prompts the author to reflect upon his own journey to Catholicism. It was not rational argument that shipwrecked the mind...
Twenty-First Sunday: Who is Christ?
Who do people say that the Son of Man is’? (Mt. 16:16)
‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God’ (Mt. 16:16). St....
When is Someone A Heretic? A Look at “Heresy” and “Suspicion of Heresy”
Heresy and Suspicion of Heresy: An Analysis
Table of Contents
Introduction............................................................................................... 2
Definition of “Heresy”.............................................................................. 3
The Principles and Early Use of the Canonical Term “Suspicion...
In Light of Day: A Comparative Glance at Saul Alinsky and Dorothy Day
Appeals for freedom, justice and mercy are commonplace. All seems right. We impulsively acknowledge and defend them undisputedly. But, in the spirit of modern...
Pope Benedict and Pope Pius X
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Papal Summer Residence, Castel Gandolfo
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Saint Pius the Tenth
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today I would like to reflect on my...
Twentieth Sunday: Prayer and Tradition
For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples (Is. 56: 7).
In any given region or country, a common language...
The Rocky Road from Doubt to Faith
Thanks to my Irish Catholic mother and 12 years with the good sisters of six parochial schools and four more years at the University...
19th Sunday and Finding the Wisdom of the Cross
For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according...
The Strength of the Transfiguration
So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a...
