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April 2018

April 17, 2018

St. Athanasius?

Arians questioned the divinity of Jesus Christ. They said that the Son, by being begotten,...

April 16, 2018

Mystical Theology of Dionysius: Transcendental God-Talk. Chapter Two. Part Three.

As we seek after the truth, we normally try to explain it to ourselves in...

April 12, 2018

Tolkien, Pluralism and the Church

In The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien, with his mythopoetic style, created a world filled...

April 10, 2018

Pope Francis Tells Us Christ’s Answer

In the fifteenth century, the great theologian Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa dealt with many great...

April 09, 2018

Mystical Theology of Dionysius: Transcendental God-Talk. Chapter Two. Part Two

For this is veritably to see and to know and to celebrate super-essentially the Superessential,...

April 05, 2018

Trump’s Reckless Policies Threaten The Common Good

For as the love of money is the root of all evil (cf. 1Tim. 6:10),...

April 04, 2018

Painting the Truth of God

Three painters come together to paint a beautiful landscape. Each of them paints with a...

April 02, 2018

Mystical Theology of Dionysius: Transcendental God-Talk. Chapter Two. Part One.

CAPUT II. How we ought both to be united and render praise to the Cause...

April 01, 2018

Jesus Springs Forth From The Dead

Christ is Risen! Today we celebrate this truth: death reigns no more; the final enemy...

March 2018

March 30, 2018

Poem For Holy Friday

The End of the Beginning A Poem on the Death of God   The bronze...

March 28, 2018

Remembrance of Her

Most of us are tempted with vainglory. We love the praise of others. When we...

March 26, 2018

Mystical Theology of Dionysius: Transcendental God-Talk. Chapter One. Section Three. Part Four

Now this I think signifies that the most Divine and Highest of the things seen...

March 23, 2018

The Annunciation, Or, Wisdom Built Her House

Today is the beginning of our salvation and the manifestation of the mystery which is...

March 20, 2018

Beware The Lure Of Self-Absorbed Promethean Neopelagianism

American rugged individualism has long created a detrimental effect on the psyche of American Christianity....

March 19, 2018

Mystical Theology of Dionysius: Transcendental God-Talk. Chapter One. Section Three. Part Three

Dionysius turns to the figure of Moses as a key representative of the mystical tradition....

March 16, 2018

Without Him Nothing Was Made

Scripture is not meant intended to be a book which we simply pick up and...

March 14, 2018

Tell Congress To Reject Pompeo and Haspel (Updated)

President Trump’s firing of Rex Tillerson has led to a new shift in his administration....

March 13, 2018

Put Away Your Sword

Jesus Christ is the prince of peace. He did not encourage violence, indeed, he routinely...

March 12, 2018

Mystical Theology of Dionysius: Transcendental God-Talk. Chapter One. Section Three. Part Two.

He seems to me to have comprehended this supernaturally, that the good Cause of all...

March 08, 2018

What About Abortion?

It’s a common occurrence on Catholic Social Media.  When someone mentions an aspect of Catholic...

March 07, 2018

Desperately Seeking Sophia

Divine Sophia, the Wisdom of God, is God, not because Sophia is a person within...

March 05, 2018

Mystical Theology of Dionysius: Transcendental God-Talk. Chapter One. Section Three. Part One.

SECTION III. Thus, then, the divine Bartholomew says that Theology is much and least, and...

March 01, 2018

Being Duped

Deception is all around us. In order to live in the world, we have to...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

Slouching Towards Duterte

On February 24, 2018, Catholics in Manilla came together to protest their president’s murderous regime....

February 26, 2018

Mystical Theology of Dionysius: Transcendental God-Talk. Chapter One. Section Two. Part Two

But, if the Divine initiations are above such, what would any one say respecting those...

February 22, 2018

We Cannot Ignore Puerto Rico

Out of sight, out of mind.  Evil spreads in the darkness where the light of...

February 21, 2018

It’s Not What You Know

Jesus Christ, in assuming human nature, became fully human, becoming one of us. Just as...

February 19, 2018

Mystical Theology of Dionysius: Transcendental God-Talk. Chapter One. Section Two. Part One

SECTION II. But see that none of the uninitiated listen to these things----those I mean...

February 15, 2018

To Support A Culture Of Life, Fight Against Trump’s Budget Plan

This week, Trump released a budget plan in which he went back on the promises...

February 13, 2018

Mary and the Church

It is easy to disassociate theological truths from any earthly reality. For example, when talking...

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