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September 2014

September 11, 2014

Narcissus, My iPhone & Me

“If ever he knows himself, he surely dies.” - Blind seer Tiresias to Narcissus' mother,...

September 07, 2014

On Being Healed By My Children

Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the...

August 2014

August 25, 2014

On Suffering, St. Bartholomew & the Murder of James Foley

St. Bartholomew by Rembrandt van Rijn Perhaps it is time for us to reflect...

August 19, 2014

ISIS, Evil & the Crisis of Moral Relativism

Lucifer by Gustave Dore (Dante's Inferno) "The finest trick of the devil is to persuade...

August 12, 2014

Explaining Robin Williams

Robin Williams is dead. And I still can't believe it. As a five year old...

August 10, 2014

Toppling ISIS & the Tyranny of Guilt

"But what we suffer from today is humility in the wrong place. Modesty has...

August 07, 2014

On ISIS and the Fearsome Rhyming of History

“History doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes.” - Mark Twain It had been...

August 03, 2014

What the Pope Said About World War I

"Sad experience proves that human authority fails where religion is set aside." - Pope...

August 01, 2014

On Hope and Bitter Tragedy

Today, I learned of a terrible tragedy. It didn't happen to me, but to dear...

July 2014

July 26, 2014

ISIS, President Obama & One Simple Truth

If you haven't heard the name ISIS (also known as Islamic State of Iraq...

July 20, 2014

On Becoming & Unbecoming a Cynic

I'm tired of cynicism. Now, to be clear, I am not speaking specifically of...

July 16, 2014

Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis & the Greatest Friendship Imaginable

I had never heard the term before. Opera Omnia. But, boy, did it sound impressive. It...

July 11, 2014

On NOT Considering the Source (A Musing on Rumsfeld, Rand and St. John the Baptist)

Today, guest columnist Ben Conroy wrote a piece (at Elizabeth Scalia's The Anchoress blog) titled 'Sense' and...

July 02, 2014

Who Writes Letters to Families? The Catholic Church, That’s Who…

"[The family] is the vital cell of society." - Second Vatican Council (Apostolicam Actuositatem) Who...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

What I Learned From Revisiting “The Exorcist”

It has been a long time since I have seen The Exorcist. A loooong time....

June 19, 2014

G.K. Chesterton, the Diabolist & “The Most Terrible Thing”

"That quiet conversation was by far the most terrible thing that has ever happened...

June 15, 2014

Why Fathers Matter

In the last several years, there has been a debate (I would not say...

June 10, 2014

Why This Commencement Address Matters…

"The endless cycle of idea and action, Endless invention, endless experiment, Brings knowledge of motion,...

June 05, 2014

Doubt, Duty & Deliverance…D-Day at 70

"When I think of the beaches of Normandy choked with the flowers of American...

June 02, 2014

What Georges Bernanos Taught Me About Saints

"Our hearts are with those in the front line, with those who get killed."...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

I, Thou & Adolf Hitler

“I have not come into this world to make men better, but to make...

May 26, 2014

Revisiting A Simple Truth: “Jesus Is Still Lord”

Supper at Emmaus by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio Years ago, during my highbrow adolescent period...

May 20, 2014

Dante, The Inferno & the Pursuit of the Straight Path

"At the mid-point of the path through life, I found Myself lost in a...

May 12, 2014

What I Am Dying To Read…

Hi. My name is Tod Worner. And I am dying to read a book....

May 06, 2014

Regarding My Wife & Peyton Manning (Revisiting A Greatest Hit on #Patheos5Yrs)

Author's Note: In honor of Patheos' 5 Year Anniversary, I wanted to share my most...

May 01, 2014

Why Didn’t Christ Fight Back?

Holy Week is over. And what a week it was (and always is). Time...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

St. John Paul II: The 20th Century’s Greatest Dissident

“I plead with you - never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never...

April 17, 2014

The Sin & Silence of Good Friday

Years ago, I had a vision. No, it wasn't a vision like St. Teresa's ecstasy...

April 14, 2014

Holy Week: On Suffering, Friendship & the Indispensable Body of Christ

"Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts...

April 09, 2014

Obama & His HHS Mandate: A Play in Three Acts

I have a story to tell you in the form of a play. But before...