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January 2020

January 20, 2020

Speculations: 4 – Multiverse

In many contemporary science fiction stories, as well as in some speculative scientific studies, the...

January 17, 2020

St. Antony the Great and God’s Universal Presence

After seeking God through an ascetic life of prayer, St. Antony the Great realized a...

January 16, 2020

Clerical Celibacy: Not Essential to Orders

In the fourth century, perhaps at the Council of Nicea, perhaps at Sardica (which often...

January 14, 2020

Anti-Popes, Anti-Traditionalism, and the Current Attacks on Pope Francis

The very nature of an anti-Pope is duplicitous, because, on the one hand, it is...

January 13, 2020

Merkabah and Christianity

Many of beliefs and teachings expressed by Jewish mystics in the first few centuries of...

January 10, 2020

The Pope Apologized

When the Pope was walking through St. Peter’s Square, a woman grabbed his arm as...

January 09, 2020

Speculations: 3 – Artificial Intelligence

In recent times, many theorists have speculated on the possibility of the creation of some...

January 07, 2020

Did Christ Experience Pain? Concerning St. Hilary of Poitier’s Answer

St. Hilary of Poitiers, a Doctor of the Church, was declared as the “Doctor of...

January 06, 2020

In the Baptism of Christ, the Grace of God Has Appeared For the Salvation of Men

When Jesus sent his followers out to baptize the world in the name of the...

January 03, 2020

War Is Not Inevitable (But It Has Become Far More Likely)

The United States has acted wrongly in its assassination of Qassim Soleimani. No one has...

January 02, 2020

To Acquire the Holy Spirit: The Message of St. Seraphim of Sarov

One of the most beloved Russian saints of modern times is St. Seraphim of Sarov....

January 01, 2020

Thoughts, Prayers, Meditation and Action

Paul Knitter, in his dialogue with Masao Abe (a famous Japanese Buddhist professor in religious...

December 2019

December 31, 2019

State of the World Going Into 2020

When we look to the world today, it is in bad shape. It is burning...

December 30, 2019

Cover the Soul in Virtue

Scripture, when read with an extremely literal hermeneutic, will have its readers baffled with all...

December 26, 2019

We Must Affirm The Value of All Life

Pope Francis, in his 2019 Christmas greetings to the Roman Curia, had many words to...

December 24, 2019

The Birth of the Son

In the beginning – or rather, in eternity before time, if we understand “before” metaphysically...

December 23, 2019

Speculations 2 – Should a Priest Be Able to Accompany Someone Dying of “Assisted Suicide”?

Since suicide is a sin, and therefore, assisted suicide is a sin, can and should...

December 20, 2019

Christians Must Reject Islamophobia

Christians are expected to promote the dignity of every human person. To do this, they...

December 19, 2019

Apologists Should Not Be Sophists

It is common in the modern field of apologetics to be promoted by debates, and...

December 17, 2019

Speculations: 1 – Aliens

It is often asked, can Christians believe in the existence of intelligent life on other...

December 16, 2019

Speculations: Introduction

One of the more interesting features of academic theology in the medieval era was the...

December 13, 2019

What’s Up With Peter’s Pence?

In the Wall Street Journal, Francis Rocca wrote an article, suggesting that there was something...

December 12, 2019

On The Holy Passion Bearers

There is in the Eastern Christian spiritual tradition, especially in Russia, the notion of the...

December 10, 2019

What Will You Accept As Being the Canary in the Coal Mine for the Environment?

Mining is dangerous work. The more miners dug into the earth, the more likely they...

December 08, 2019

The Healing of Barren Humanity in the Conception of St. Anne

Today the bonds of barrenness are loosed; for God listened to Joachim and Anne. He...

December 06, 2019

My Thoughts On The Halting of the Beatification of Fulton J. Sheen

The beatification process of Fulton J. Sheen has been brought to a halt. This is...

December 05, 2019

To Be A Good Guest

Hospitality is one of the many virtues promoted within Scripture. Perhaps no better representation of...

December 03, 2019

Christians Must Fight Strongly Against Modern Antisemitism

The news is not good. Antisemitism, and that means violent antisemitism, is rising again in...

December 02, 2019

Do The Good You Can Do

“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in...

November 2019

November 27, 2019

Trump, War Criminals and the Nuclear Option

Trump continues to embolden the worst elements of the United States, even as he punishes...

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