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May 2026

May 03, 2026

Talking Donkeys and Myth: How Catholics Read the Bible

Schemes, Tropes, And Scripture To put it mildly, there are some rather remarkable events depicted...

December 2025

December 14, 2025

Does Philosophy Hinder Faith?

“Come, let us reason together.” - Isaiah 1:18. Is the Bible self-explanatory? By that, I...

October 2025

October 12, 2025

A History Of Three: How We Got A Trinity

The belief in a trinitarian God stands at the very center of the Catholic faith....

April 2024

April 28, 2024

Forgive And Forget?

Following the biblical tradition, Catholicism greatly emphasizes forgiveness and justice by seeking to balance the...

August 2022

August 28, 2022

Kenosis

“Though he was in the form of God, he did not regard equality with God...

August 24, 2022

Coming To Know God

The foundation of the Catholic faith is the belief in God. Yet it seems belief...

August 14, 2022

Christology

Catholicism is not about doctrine or philosophy or even about the Bible. At its core,...

July 2022

July 27, 2022

The Seven Deadly Sins

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

July 17, 2022

The Synoptic Gospels

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

July 06, 2022

The Place Of Tradition In Catholicism

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

June 2022

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 22, 2022

The Four Last Things

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

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....

April 2022

April 17, 2022

Finding Peace

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

April 13, 2022

Truth, Catholicism, And God

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

April 03, 2022

A Happy Death

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

March 2022

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...

February 2022

February 20, 2022

The Senses of Scripture

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