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July 02, 2026

Recognizing Vices Disguised As Moral Goodness

Vices, because they take on, abuse, or exaggerate some particular good, often are presented by...

May 2026

May 21, 2026

Proper Faith Is Active And Follows The Good God Reveals

Christians are meant to live what they believe and not just treat their faith as...

November 2025

November 19, 2025

The Goodness Within: Realizing Our True Nature

Who we are, at the core of our being, is good; our true nature is...

November 26, 2024

Finding Balance: Moderating The Extremes

Extremes can destroy us. We can find many examples where something which is good loses...

October 2024

October 03, 2024

How To Be Good

Love is humble, not proud, which is why it should not surprise us that God’s...

July 2024

July 12, 2024

The Second Death

Christian Scripture offers us a glimpse of what is to be in the eschaton, sometimes...

June 2024

June 09, 2024

Freedom Is Good, Even Though It Can Be Abused

Humanity was made for greatness; sadly, we find ourselves far from it. We have gone...

May 2024

May 14, 2024

Evil Must Not Be Essentialized

Everything God created, God created good. Existence, being created by God, therefore is good, which...

September 2023

September 17, 2023

The Foolishness Of God

While common sense often provides basic insight which can be useful in making judgments, it...

August 2023

August 13, 2023

The Seed of Grace

Grace perfects nature because what makes a given nature what it is, is some element...

July 2023

July 09, 2023

Love What Is Good

Love is at the heart of the Christian message. God loves humanity, indeed, God loves...

December 2022

December 20, 2022

Two Kinds Of Goodness

Scripture appears to offer us contradictory statements about who or what is good. Some passages,...

August 2022

August 07, 2022

The Eschaton Will Reveal Every Good

No matter how corrupted it has become, no matter how defiled it has become, everything...

July 2022

July 26, 2022

Augustine, Free Will, And Evil

Everything which exists, insofar as it exists, is good. Everything receives its goodness from the...

July 12, 2022

All Evil Acts Come Out Of And Seek Some Good

The way so many of us think about morality, the way so many of us...

June 2022

June 02, 2022

No One Is Totally Evil

We are naturally good, and, despite whatever sin we might do, no matter what vices...

May 2022

May 04, 2022

We Should Love All Things For the Good In Them

God is the source and foundation of every good. “Every good endowment and every perfect...

March 2022

March 29, 2022

St Teresa of Avila’s Reminder: Focus On Bettering Oneself, Not Sin

We should strive to better ourselves, and to do so every day. We should strive...

November 2021

November 08, 2021

Engaging The Common Good Is One Way For Us To Show Our Love For God

St. Thomas Aquinas, understanding that God is the beginning and the end of every particular...

September 2021

September 15, 2021

Tolkien And The Way To Overcome Evil

Those who work for and promote the good, those who seek justice in the world,...

August 2021

August 23, 2021

Nothing, Not Even Hell, Is Outside Of God

Nothing lies outside of God’s presence, for God is the transcendent reality in which all...

June 2021

June 16, 2021

Avoid Calumny

Calumny is a grave sin. Everyone deserves to be treated with charity. No one should...

June 06, 2021

The Natural Good

Knowledge of right and wrong is invaluable. Revelation helps us know what we cannot figure...

March 2021

March 31, 2021

The Good Shall Be Revealed And Lifted Up

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you...

January 2021

January 25, 2021

Human Nature

When we look across history, as well as in the present, we can find a...

December 2020

December 18, 2020

Following An Ideology Will Have Us Reject The Greater Good

The trouble with ideologies is that they use some element of the truth to mislead...

September 2020

September 29, 2020

Good, Evil And Neutral Beauty

St. Basil the Great tells us to glorify God as the “Master Craftsman,” for he...

June 2020

June 17, 2020

Hierarchies

God, who is all good, established his creation so that he could share that goodness...

June 10, 2020

Evil Tempts Us With Some Good

There are many goods, many virtues which we can seek after in our lives. But...

December 2019

December 02, 2019

Do The Good You Can Do

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

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