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December 2012

December 24, 2012

For Your Sake

(And mine!) How about a little Saint Augustine to get us into the Christmas Eve...

December 21, 2012

The Chart-Topping Nuns of Ephesus

Are you a glass half empty or half full kind of person? I think a...

December 21, 2012

Ephesus Gets Us Closer to Nazareth, Closer to Bethlehem

At the Council of Ephesus, Saint Cyril of Alexandria delivered a sermon in praise of...

December 21, 2012

The Seven-Year-Old Who Doesn’t Ask for Toys, But Jesus

Christmas gratitude to those who preserved and shared this letter from a young Joseph Ratzinger:...

December 20, 2012

What Is Catholicism?

People hear things about what Catholics believe. Some of it is true. A lot of...

December 20, 2012

Silence!

Yesterday in Rome, before his op-ed hit the Financial Times, Pope Benedict XVI alluded again...

December 20, 2012

Christmas Stress?

If you're anything like me, right about now you're starting to feel overwhelmed. Nothing goes...

December 19, 2012

I Am What’s Wrong with the World

We have a collection of insights on what happened in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday up...

December 19, 2012

Judge Bork: Plain but Deep

From a Roger Kimball review of Robert H. Bork's Coercing Virtue that appeared in National...

December 19, 2012

That Glimmer in the Judge’s Eye

Robert Bork died this morning. He should have been on the Supreme Court. But perhaps...

December 17, 2012

Christmas for Christians — A Gift Guide

Some advice: As Catholics we should give differently than those who do not share our...

December 16, 2012

Do We Bring Peace to the World?

This morning in Rome, Pope Benedict prays with us all for the families who lost...

December 09, 2012

Welcome Jesus!!

I just joined Pope Benedict XVI and very cold pilgrims in St. Peter's Square for...

December 07, 2012

Thank You, Georgetown Professor!

In response to some of the shock-awe-coverage of Cardinal Dolan being a fan of Dorothy...

December 04, 2012

Our Choices Have Eternal Consequences

From a recent diocesan paper column: Just as much as Jesus discoursed on the beauty...

December 03, 2012

Religion Keeps Twitter Buzzing

According to Twitter: I get all kinds of mixed results from random homily tweets myself....

December 03, 2012

Do We Love One Another?

Some of the less charitable news stories emphasize Jeffrey Hillman, the homeless man who Office...

December 03, 2012

Do You Want to Save Christmas?

Then live Advent. “Advent is a discipline: a way of forming anticipation and channeling it...

December 03, 2012

Practical Tips for Making Advent a Part of Life?

Here. Not heavy theology. But good tips toward making these next weeks more than stressing...

December 03, 2012

Will We Choose to Lift the Cloud for Christmas?

Magnifcat had a tough meditation on Saturday -- one that at the same time is...

December 02, 2012

Not a Bad Advent Idea

From a blog site I just stumbled upon: We might take on a spiritual project...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

The Tears of a Nun

Ever since hearing this news about the New York Planned Parenthood clinics splitting away from...

November 30, 2012

Called to be Finest

“Heartwarming” seems to be the most frequently used word to describe the image of Officer...

November 27, 2012

Cardinal Dolan’s Rightward March?

The New York Times highlights the U.S. Catholic bishops’ enthusiasm to see Dorothy Day’s canonization...

November 21, 2012

Midday Reminder

"Holiness is not the luxury of a few people, but a simple duty for you...

November 19, 2012

Do We Even Know What We’re Talking about When We Talk about the Catholic Church?

Conversations about the Catholic Church often get weighed down by all kinds of myths that...

November 19, 2012

Do You Know the Way to San Jose?

In a speech to leaders in the arts and science in Malta in May, 1990,...

November 18, 2012

The Eternal Campaign

I'm using up the remaining minutes on my satellite time on the National Review post-election...

November 13, 2012

‘They give their trust entirely to God and are rewarded for it.’

Pope Benedict Sunday pointed to the greatest challenge of surrender. It is the greatest sacrifice,...

November 13, 2012

An Election 2012 Victory

Politics is imperfect, but then so are we.