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May 2022

May 22, 2022

The Four Last Things

“There is no greater, no more important art upon earth than the art of dying...

May 15, 2022

The Archetypes of Christ

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

May 11, 2022

The Two Risings

“If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated...

May 08, 2022

Thou Shall Not Kill

"Capital punishment is society's final assertion that it will not forgive." - Martin Luther King....

May 04, 2022

In The Service of God

“Whatever you do, do from the heart, as for the Lord and not for others,...

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 17, 2022

Finding Peace

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to...

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...

April 03, 2022

A Happy Death

Death. “The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.” - Hamlet by William Shakespeare....

March 2022

March 30, 2022

The Appearances of God

Perhaps the most dramatic and poignant verses in the Bible occur when God appears to...

March 23, 2022

On Spiritual Transformation

Whether it be for good or bad, the one constant in life is that everything...

March 20, 2022

In the world, but not of the world

“The world is thy ship, not thy home.” – Saint Therese of Lisieux. They are...

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...

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...