My life-long faith journey has shown me many truths. The largest truth I’ve come to know is,...
Many people today can't understand the suffering of saints. Why suffer when all you want is to be...
Martin Luther, in a sermon in 1532, rebuked the extreme sinfulness of his flock, but then...
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even...
If I had been born in Mexico, my life would have been different. Still, growing up with Mexican...
In the previous article, the 8th c. forgery known as the Donation of Constantine was discussed....
Welcome to the 2024 Election Season. Well, this started last year and is in full swing today. Have...
I recently wrote for Law and Liberty as part of a forum about Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex,...
Recently, I met with seven other Catholics to discuss art and faith. We met in a busy café and...
Evangelization is a hot topic. Should we evangelize? The biggest argument in favor is that Jesus...
Lawrence, the band, just put out a new song called "Guy I Used To Be", The lyrics of this high...
Jesus' healing of Peter's mother-in-law from today's Gospel has a lot to say about our innate...
The latest act of Pentecostal persecution has targeted both Catholics and practitioners of Umbanda...
A term I just coined, of course. But the Catholic Church has, for millennia, in fact, believed...
Faced with another defeat, I had to see if anything I liked was actually any good.
Here are a few movies that, to me, exemplify L.A., for good or ill, and prepared me for what I...
“Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” You can almost hear the tone of voice of the...
*** I wrote this before the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. The fearmongering rhetoric,...
Hart's basic critique of Newman's argument is that his criteria could be used to prove the...
The Tenth National Eucharistic Congress appears to have been called, in part, to have Americans...
The Easter Triduum -- Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Vigil -- The Church's shortest season...
I enjoy reading Reddit’s popular forum, Am I the A**h*le? (AITA). Curious souls who wonder if they...
“Fathers are not born, but made. A man does not become a father simply by bringing a child into...
Ambassadors An ikon of the Twelve I’ve laid things out a little unusually in this post. Instead of...
Despite a reputation as the party of inclusion, Democrats ostracize pro-life members and allow for...
Altar Against Altar: An Analysis of Catholic Traditionalism, is a compelling and powerful work,...
Some things I am grateful for: I am trying to find a place for a wonderful gift my wife recently...
Eucharistic Adoration of Jesus brings us Peace
“He rebuked the wind and said to the waves, Peace. Be still. Suddenly the wind stopped and there...
In a 2002 debate book he did with J. J. Smart–Atheism and Theism—the Scottish philosopher John...
According to Mk 6, Jesus was "the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon" and had sisters...
Living Benedictine spirituality in today’s world doesn’t seem so far-fetched. In fact, there are...
A review of the past week's big news items and their religious implications.
Checking in to apologize for the radio silence and assure you a new beginning is in sight!...
The following paper is the second of three essays on Christian apologetics. In this paper, I will...
By commemorating All Souls' Day, the Catholic Church encourages Catholic to always pray for those...
Nothing shows us more starkly what we don't want to be than what, in our worst moments, we do in...