Life is Not a Fairy Tale
When a person gets everything that she wants, when she has all the things that she thinks she needs, and life is being wonderfully...
Salvific Suffering
In, 1984, Pope Saint John Paul II penned an Apostolic Letter on the mystery of human suffering, Salvifici Doloris (curiously, now looking back, the...
Firefighters, Envy and the Public and Private Sector
It is no secret that there is a war brewing between the public and private sectors of the economy, with their economic prospects diverging...
Christ’s Sacrifice Was one of Redemption, Not Popularity
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
This Sunday’s Gospel (cf. Jn 6:51–58) is the concluding part and culmination of the discourse given by Jesus in the Synagogue...
The Flood, Arks, and Happy Monks
Fr. Scott Murray
A review of The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post Christian Nation
By Rod Dreher
Penguin Group USA, 269 pages, $34
After...
Every Child is Already Wanted
(From our archives, which seems a propos given the recent invitees to the Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Science, which has created quite a stir,...
Waking Up to God
It is the most phenomenal transformation of the day, born again into consciousness, and like birth, both forced upon us and the fruit of...
Of True Feminism, Early Martyrs and Thomas Aquinas
The paradoxes continue in our modern era, not least of which is that concerning 'gender' and feminism, with two stories that come to mind:
First,...
Sloth and the Vagabond Mind
(by Father Scott Murray)
A few days ago, I joined a high school class discussing ‘digital footprints’. The teacher asked them to list some ‘cons’ of...
Catholic Teaching: Counter-Cultural and Necessary
(by John Baldino)
Many of the teachings, traditions and practices of the Catholic Church are in contrast to the beliefs, habits and norms of modern...
