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March 2022

March 16, 2022

The Purpose of Pain

Perhaps the most universal of all human experiences is pain. No matter what stage of...

March 13, 2022

Lent in the Desert

“God takes everyone he loves through a desert. It is his cure for our wandering...

March 09, 2022

Does God Exist? Part Five

This article concludes my series on Aquinas's Five Ways for the existence of God. Thus...

March 06, 2022

Does God Exist? Part Four

I continue my series on Thomas Aquinas’s Five Ways for the existence of God...

February 2022

February 27, 2022

Does God Exist, Part Two

In my previous article, I began a series on Thomas Aquinas's five ways or arguments...

February 23, 2022

Does God Exist? Thomas Aquinas’s Five Ways, Part One

As both a saint and a doctor of the Church, Thomas Aquinas is arguably the...

February 20, 2022

The Senses of Scripture

“Three basic questions may be asked of any text: What does it say? What does...

February 16, 2022

Is It Possible To Be Holy?

“I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no...

February 13, 2022

The Problem of Predestination

“For those whom He foreknew, He [God] also predestined to be conformed to the image...

February 09, 2022

Moses and the Messiah

Are Catholics bound to the precepts of the Old Testament, or does the New Testament...

February 06, 2022

The Laws of God and Man

"All the laws of heaven and earth are unable to prevent man from his crimes....

February 02, 2022

Violence and Scripture

Anyone familiar with the Bible is acquainted with the depictions of violence and slavery. Too...

January 2022

January 30, 2022

The Four Dogmas of Mary

"Behold your mother." What follows is an introduction to Mary. I will review the four...

January 26, 2022

Raising the Heart to Heaven

"For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned...

January 23, 2022

Faith, Freedom, and Grace

"Grace does not destroy nature but perfects it." - Thomas Aquinas. The desire of the...

January 20, 2022

Divine Condescension

"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us." - John 1:14. In many...

January 16, 2022

On The Souls Of Animals, Part Two

“The animals possess a soul and men must love and feel solidarity with our smaller...

January 13, 2022

On the Souls of Animals, Part One

"Let the earth bring forth all kinds of living creatures: cattle, creeping things, and wild...

January 10, 2022

A broken world

"If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary...

January 06, 2022

The mystery of God.

“If you understand, it is not God.” - Saint Augustine. A striking aspect of human...

January 02, 2022

In persona Christi

"The priest is not a priest for himself - he is a priest for you....

December 2021

December 29, 2021

The Divine Doctor

"Pain and suffering have come into your life, but remember pain, sorrow, and suffering are...

December 25, 2021

Marriage and Sacrament

"Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his...

December 21, 2021

The Fountain of God’s Mercy

The light over the confessional turned green, and I took a deep breath to calm...

December 17, 2021

GOD IN OUR MIDST.

"Well, if it's a symbol, to hell with it." This was Flannery O'Connor's flustered response...

December 13, 2021

Confirmation

"When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a...

December 11, 2021

The Sacraments

Sacraments. The word conjures up a sense of the mystical and the transcendent. The etymology...