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When “Progress” Loses Its Spell: Euthanasia and LGBT Id...

For decades, debates over sexuality and the end of life have been framed as sett...

Mary’s Unneeded Temple Purification and the Gift of Obe...

After the forty days required for purification came to an end, Mary went to the ...

Groundhog Day and the Light of the World

In American culture, the second day of February is Groundhog Day, especially pop...

Receive God’s Love Daily through Scripture

I recently came across an old woman begging at the roadside in the intense Manil...

The Nature of Freedom: Human Formation, Misdiscernment,...

A priest friend recently expressed his concern about the increasing fluidity of ...

Disney vs Chesterton on Human History

G.K. Chesterton’s classic The Everlasting Man was originally written as an alter...

Silence Heals

Silence is very difficult to find and cultivate in our culture. The fact that we...

St. Francis de Sales’ Guide to Starting Your Day Right

In his everyday spirituality, St. Francis de Sales counsels us to begin at the b...

Exegesis of the Word: On the Beatitudes as a Spiritual ...

Some time ago, I had the practice of reading the Sermon on the Mount (Mt. 5-7) o...

The Last Shall Be First at Compostela

When I used to read parables like the Prodigal Son or the Workers in the Vineyar...

Forgiveness for Our Freedom

Sometimes, forgiveness is easy. A person makes an honest mistake, perhaps one yo...

3 Ways to Become Childlike to Enter Heaven

Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you cannot enter t...

When Women Forget Motherhood and Home

With the data now available, we realized just how important the early years of l...

Holy Guidance for Writers, Preachers, & Teachers

For those who seek to convey the Gospel through writing, preaching, or teaching,...

The Ugly History Behind Planned Parenthood

In 1960 a woman named Margaret Sanger threatened to “find another place to live”...

10 Ways Assisted Suicide Kills Society’s Soul

Our culture goes so far as to actually paint evil as pleasing to God, such as in...

The Light in the Land of Darkness: Third Sunday in Ordi...

When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, He withdrew to Galilee. Danger dro...

Exegesis of the Word: On Christ the Light of the World ...

Breaking Open the Word “Christ is the Light of the world.” What is contained in ...

All Things Are Oriented Toward Something: The Reason fo...

Everything and everyone is oriented toward something. A hammer is oriented towar...

Christ Gave Everything. What Do We Give Him?

Where is the lamb?   That is what Isaac asked his father Abraham, shortly before...