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November 2022

November 09, 2022

Love Transcends The Power Of Sin

Sin is a tragic mistake, one which we often make in our lives. The more...

August 2022

August 14, 2022

Death Comes For All

Jesus, according to Scripture, told his followers that he would eventually be executed. We are...

April 2022

April 04, 2022

Not All Evil Should Be Prohibited By Positive Law

When seeking and promoting the common good, civil society often must permit various evils, not...

December 2021

December 05, 2021

The Void Is Overcome

Creation, and all that is in it, are united as one. All creation shares with...

November 2021

November 26, 2021

Killing Is Not Good

Pope St. John Paul II tried to prevent the Iraq War, but President G.W. Bush...

November 16, 2021

Tolkien, The Quendi, And Mary: How To Understand Unfallen Beings In A Fallen World

Tolkien, like his friend C.S. Lewis, contemplated the notion of “unfallen” beings living in a...

September 2021

September 09, 2021

Sins Of Omission And Climate Change

When we see people in need, and we have the means to help them, we...

July 2021

July 11, 2021

Called To Build Each Other Up

Scripture says that one of Satan’s lies greatest is that we can make ourselves gods....

July 08, 2021

Social Injustice, Systematic Racism, Critical Race Theory And Original Sin

Imagine an oppressor whose victims find a way to escape their long-standing oppression. Those victims...

June 2021

June 06, 2021

The Natural Good

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

January 2021

January 11, 2021

After The Recent Coup Attempt, Christians Must Speak Up And Resist Evil Coming From Within The Church

Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, said it is better for the body to...

December 2020

December 13, 2020

The Two Comings Of Christ

There is a duality to Christ, even as he is one. This duality does not...

December 04, 2020

Do Not Kill (Murder): Promoting Life Over Ideology

Thou shalt not kill (cf. Ex. 20:13). We are told we must respect life, because...

November 2020

November 11, 2020

Every Time We Stumble and Sin, Rise Back Up

The message of Christ is the message of hope. He brought us good news: God...

July 2020

July 30, 2020

Greed, Charity, And Reformation

The love of money, avarice, is a root for all evil, for it takes us...

July 23, 2020

If We Do Not Control Our Tongue, Our Devotions Might Be In Vain

The tongue, James says, needs to be kept under control, “If any one thinks he...

April 2019

April 09, 2019

The Blasphemy of Calumny

"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor” (Ex. 20:16 RSV). Who is our...

April 08, 2019

Pride

Perhaps the most dangerous sin of all, pride, can exist in the midst of other...

April 04, 2019

Vainglory

Nothing is so quick to turn us away from the good than by seeking praise...

April 02, 2019

Virtue Unites What Has Been Divided

Sin divides and destroys what is good, including and especially the existence of that which...

April 01, 2019

Anger

“Be angry,” Paul says, “but do not sin; do not let the sun go down...

March 2019

March 28, 2019

Despair

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want; he makes me lie down in...

March 21, 2019

Lust

We are a mix of spiritual and material realities, each desiring and leading us to...

March 18, 2019

Gluttony

“Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride,...

March 14, 2019

On Covetousness or Avarice

And he said to them, "Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's...

February 2019

February 05, 2019

Social Justice and the Gospel

At the beginning of his ministry, when Jesus was in Nazareth, he gave an indication...

January 2019

January 05, 2019

The Theophany and the Cleansing of the Earth

The contamination and pollution of nature, caused by human sin, can be seen defacing the...

December 2018

December 04, 2018

For All Have Sinned

In the epistle to the Romans, St. Paul references Psalm 14, where the Psalmist declared:...

August 2018

August 21, 2018

Admit and Condemn

One of the earliest leaders of the church, Nicolaus, was called out in the Apocalypse...

July 2018

July 12, 2018

Decay: A Contemplation Inspired By A Trip To The Dentist

The Psalmist, pleading to God, once indicated how God’s justice could be seen in the...

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