One of the best internal arguments for the authenticity of the Gospels as historical accounts is their utter freedom to include details that any good public relations professional would avoid. If they were cooked up […]
The Lenten journey is one of following Christ. Throughout the ages, a great many Lenten hymns, prayers, and devotions involving Mary have developed. That’s not surprising at all. For Lent is about standing up and […]
“What are you doing for Lent?” It’s a good question. Parents often ask their children. Friends ask each other. If we haven’t been preparing ourselves during the “pre-Lent” period found in many Catholic rites, we may well […]
The Catholic world can thank Jennifer S. Bryson for her labor of love in bringing into English translation a large selection of the works of Ida Friederike Görres (1901-71). A giant of German Catholic writing […]
Human beings are often awed by dramatic and immediate transformations. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing: the seemingly miraculous turns in someone else often reveal to us possibilities for ourselves that we thought impossible. But, […]
It’s pretty odd, isn’t it? In our age in which all sorts of things having to do with our private parts are shouted from TikTok and blared from the YouTube channel, we really don’t talk […]
For some Christians, Advent is simply an aid to memory. It is certainly that. It is also much more. For Advent is a season not only of remembering what happened long ago in order to […]
For Catholics, November is effectively the year’s end and a reminder of our own end. The Church year is one in which we process through a celebration of the mysteries of Christ’s Incarnation. That is […]
Spring or fall? I’ve never been able to make up my mind as to my favorite season. Spring is my official favorite. The season of new life after the cold, the sleep, the death of […]
School is starting, and we need to keep students from curiosity. Curiosity? It sounds bad to modern ears, but ancient and medieval thinkers considered it a vice—a dangerous intellectual habit. You can hear that judgment […]
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