The Late, Great, Saint Augustine
On August 28th, we celebrate with great joy the feast day of St Augustine of Hippo, the great doctor of the Church.
This fourth and...
Starving Souls Need Leisure
The body needs food. All people go hungry some of the time. We often feel at least a tiny bit sorry for someone who...
Littlest Suffering Souls: Children Whose Short Lives Point Us to Christ
Austin Ruse, Littlest Suffering Souls: Children Whose Short Lives Point Us to Christ. Charlotte: TAN Books, 2017.
     With modern medical breakthroughs, treatments and medicines,...
The Liminal and Luminous Birth of John the Baptist
A blessed Solemnity! We celebrate the birthdays of three âsaintsâ in our liturgical calendar: Christ Himself, the Son of God, of course, on Christmas...
The Good Shepherd, Who Never Leaves His Flock
Has any one of you ever been a shepherd? or even seen one? Do shepherds exist in contemporary North America? Nevertheless, we know instinctively...
On Carneyâs Capitulation
(To clarify, Catholic Insight is not a 'political' magazine, even if I have some hesitation in making too hermetically-sealed categories. There is a right,...
What Is Holiness?
(In light of today's Gospel, on the calling of Levi, and our Lord eating with 'tax collectors and sinners', here are some fitting words...
The Holy Mass Part III: As Sacrifice and Heavenly Food, Not Therapeutic Pablum and...
This Sundayâs reflection is the third in a series of meditations on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with specific references to the Ancient...
Our Lord’s Baptism and Our Lady
And a voice came from heaven, âYou are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleasedâ (Lk. 3:22). ⧟
Todayâs Feast of the...
A Female 2024 Graduate Responds to Harrison Butker
This yearâs commencement speaker for Benedictine College, a small Catholic school in Atchison, Kansas, stirred up a heap of controversy from the media. Harrison...
