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December 2013

December 10, 2013

God’s Call: Of Golden Strings & Fisherman’s Lines

"Vocation does not come from a voice out there calling me to be something I...

December 07, 2013

Old Friends

"And we must look far deeper into the soul of man for the thing that...

December 03, 2013

The Vital Necessity of Advent

"Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless." - G.K. Chesterton. Dear Jesus, do I...

December 01, 2013

The Few (Churchill’s Gratitude & Mine)

"The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

Playing Scruples

Several years ago, there was a terrific game called "Scruples". Everyone wanted to play it....

November 21, 2013

Epiphanies

I guess you might be able to say there were signposts along the way. Perhaps....

October 2013

October 17, 2013

The Mean Grace of Flannery O’Connor

“All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.”...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

The Centrality of Christ

"Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: 'The stone the builders...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

In Praise of “Stupid Questions”

“Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter...

June 2013

June 17, 2013

My Priest, My Friend

I had never been through it before. And when it came down to that last...

June 07, 2013

Serendipity with a Source

ser·en·dip·i·ty /ˌserənˈdipitē/ "The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial...

May 2013

May 17, 2013

The Pope and the Journalist

"Have in you the mind of Christ...Learn to think the way Christ thought; learn to...

May 02, 2013

Catholic Optimism

"Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that...

April 2013

April 25, 2013

Conscience and Truth

"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." - Flannery O'Connor In this...

April 23, 2013

Traitors

Let's be honest...he was never a very likeable character. Yes, he was one of "the...

April 16, 2013

Suffering

It is race day in Boston. As a celebrated race in a historic city, the...

March 2013

March 19, 2013

Pope Francis and the Facets of the Catholic Church

"Every saint is a little looking-glass of God: a facet of the jewel which constitutes...

March 12, 2013

The Heir to Peter

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Pope Benedict XVI and Surprise

It was April 19, 2005 and the world's eyes were fixed on a small chimney...

January 2013

January 10, 2013

Hitler and the Analysis of Evil

Who was Adolf Hitler? And how does one explain him? Clearly, he has made a...

December 2012

December 29, 2012

Of Lions and Pipers: The Indispensability of Symbols

At times, men can be symbols. And symbols matter. Today, two men - two symbols...

December 25, 2012

On “The Central Event of History”

"We know that [the Birth of Christ] celebrates the central event of history; the Incarnation of...

December 24, 2012

On Reading “A Christmas Carol”

"Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register...

December 18, 2012

Sacrifice, Freedom, and The Nutcracker Suite

It all looked so simple. Last Saturday afternoon, my wife, two young daughters, and I...

December 06, 2012

Rudy, Notre Dame, and Three Plays

Three plays. Three defensive plays. That was all. The game was already effectively...

December 02, 2012

Man of the Year – Why the Pope Matters

It was a long ride home. Four hours to be exact and this time I...

November 2012

November 27, 2012

Why Tradition Matters

"There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for...

November 22, 2012

Finding My Way to Orthodoxy

"Have you ever read this?". These were the words I remember him saying to me....

November 19, 2012

The Holy Family and the Indispensability of Sacred Art

"I did once say that to me art and the saints are the...

November 13, 2012

The Dangerous Euphemism of Progress

When I was a young man, I was captivated by the movie, "Jurassic Park". The...