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July 2022

July 31, 2022

The Seven Lively Virtues

Not without reason, religion - including Catholicism - is often seen as a set...

July 27, 2022

The Seven Deadly Sins

Sin and virtue are, of course, of great importance to Catholicism. In this work, I...

July 24, 2022

In God We Trust

“Do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall...

July 20, 2022

Do Not Go Quietly Into That Night

"Life is precious. Life is sacred. And it ought so to be observed." - Gordon...

July 17, 2022

The Synoptic Gospels

Like the books of the Old Testament, which can be categorized according to various criteria...

July 13, 2022

Holy Wisdom

In the famous prologue to John’s Gospel, we read, “And the Word became flesh and...

July 10, 2022

Sacred Mountains

A simple conjuring up of God often entails the sense that God is above. Our...

July 06, 2022

The Place Of Tradition In Catholicism

“Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught,...

July 03, 2022

In The Fullness Of Time

Theology is replete with questions that may never be answered on this side of the...

June 2022

June 29, 2022

What Do Catholics Believe?

Everyone has beliefs. The atheist or skeptic might prefer to call them presuppositions or axioms,...

June 22, 2022

The Myth That Happened

Is Christianity built upon a myth? One of the enduring claims of atheists and skeptics...

June 12, 2022

I Believe (The Apostles Creed)

“Our profession of faith begins with God, for God is the First and the Last,...

June 08, 2022

The Holy Trinity

"There is but one unbegotten Being, God, even the Father; and one only-begotten Son, God,...

June 05, 2022

Spiritual, But Not Religious?

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I...

June 01, 2022

Beauty, Art, and Image in Catholic Thought

The beauty of the Catholic faith has inspired and created some of the greatest works...

May 2022

May 29, 2022

Theological Virtues And The Soul

Virtue, like common sense, is a quality we all think we possess in abundance. But...

May 25, 2022

Only the Blind See

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” - 2 Corinthians 5:7. The words...

May 18, 2022

Detachment in the Spiritual Life

“If they be faithful and seek no satisfaction in creatures, they pass from pure suffering...

May 15, 2022

The Archetypes of Christ

“We did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power...

May 01, 2022

Catholicism and The Limits of Science

"The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the...

April 2022

April 24, 2022

Does Evolution Need God?

“Fear not evolution.” - Dr. Stacy Trasancos. Much to the demerit of science and religion,...

April 20, 2022

God, Freedom, and Christopher Hitchens

Is God an "unalterable celestial dictator" that impinges on human freedom as the late...

April 13, 2022

Truth, Catholicism, And God

"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth." - Henry David Thoreau. What...

April 10, 2022

Four Marks of the Catholic Church

“This is the one Church of Christ which in the Creed is professed as one,...

April 06, 2022

What Does It Mean To Be Saved?

The extraordinary claim of Catholicism is that God became a man to save human beings...