Thursday, November 27, 2025

The Shekinah, A Type of Saint Joseph

Perhaps you may be familiar with the Pillar of Cloud — which may be compared to a tornado — or the Pillar of Fire...

Seeing By Humility

‘Son of David, have mercy on me’ (Mk. 10:47). â§Ÿ The request made by Bartimaeus in his encounter with Our Lord reveals two things: the...

Keeping the Republic

The most marked political tendency of the American people has been to interpret their government as a pure and simple democracy, and to shift...

Investigation Yields Disturbing Findings on Catholic Relief Services

An exhaustive investigation by two Catholic organizations into Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in three African countries has revealed pervasive contraception promotion and abortion referrals. Joint research...

Responding to Sexuality in Spiritual Direction

Introduction Sexuality is never a simple topic of conversation.  Emotions, feelings, hurt
 often rise to the surface too quickly for rational discussion.  Too often we...

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...

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...

Pope Benedict and Saint Alphonsus Ligouri

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE St. Peter's Square Wednesday, 30 March 2011 Saint Alphonsus Liguori Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today I would like to present to you the figure of a...

The Poison Pen of Christopher Hitchens

Someone will protest: “Why are you writing a piece on the atheist Christopher Hitchens? He's dead, and isn't he yesterday's news?” But this is...

Eighteenth Sunday: Earthly and Heavenly Eutopia

The feast described by the prophet Isaiah in today’s first reading, with its “wine, milk and rich food,” was for the Jews a symbol...