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To See or Not to See…That is the Question

A niece of mine once complained to her mother during Mass that her knees hurt fr...

Reclaiming Eden in a Backyard: On Growing Things Where ...

I used to believe I couldn’t begin the life I longed for until I lived somewhere...

Providence, Law, Charity, and the Moral Limits of Polit...

The recent military strike by the United States and Israel against Iran has prov...

How to Conquer Loneliness

There is nothing more painful than loneliness. When a student misbehaves in a cl...

St. Paul’s Defense of the True Presence

As someone who moves frequently in Protestant and evangelical academic circles w...

Give Me a Drink: The Samaritan’s Journey from “Jew” to ...

In those days, in their thirst for water, the people grumbled against Moses. The...

Do Catholics Favor War? The Urgent Task of Praying for ...

The short answer is, “No.” Catholics favor peace. As the Book of Judges teaches,...

Receive the Living Water: Third Sunday of Lent

In the story of the Samaritan woman at the well, the disciples “marveled” that J...

How the Cross Was Transformed from a Murder Device to a...

In Part 1, I discussed the transformation of the cross from a symbol of extreme ...

Why the Family Is the Human Habitat: The Need for a Pla...

The Gospel of the Holy Family presents us with something very concrete and very ...

Salesian Spirituality for Lent: Prayer & Sacraments

In Part One of the Introduction to the Devout Life, St. Francis de Sales shepher...

Why Catholics Don’t Do Sola Scriptura

So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught b...

A Star and the Moon, Part III: The Lives of Alicja Lenc...

In Part 2, I explored the early years of Alicja’s professional career and the er...

Quantum Physics in the Search for Truth

The history of Western thought can be read as a long dialogue between faith and ...

Fostering Christian Discipleship in Our Kids

I glanced over at my daughter sitting at the table next to mine. One of my colle...

Montaigne’s Path into Pious Science

Sixteenth-century France was a time of moral, political, and intellectual chaos,...

Why Did God Create the Universe?

Perhaps one of the most significant stumbling blocks to most would-be theologian...

You Cannot “Fail” Lent: Making Lent a Time of Formation...

I have to remind myself of that every single year. As Lent progresses, I catch m...

8 Tips for Developing a Habit of Reading Scripture Duri...

Understanding Lent and the Penitential Action of Reading Scripture With the arri...

The Gift of Brokenness

I have spent my entire adult life surrounded by the most broken people. I have w...