Essay
Christ, the Eternal High Priest, and the meaning of priestly celibacy
It is the Church’s hope and desire that her celibate clergy (and her consecrated religious, too) would show forth to the world, in a unique […]
Articles by Peter M.J. Stravinskas
The Dispatch
Catholic lessons from an Anglican royal wedding
In Cardinal Newman’s nineteenth century, the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church were much closer to each other, both doctrinally and morally, than in the […]
The Dispatch
I believe the Church because I believe in God
Heaven is indeed our final goal – the Church Triumphant. We need to keep our eyes fixed on that goal. […]
The Dispatch
How the Christian life is enlivened by the Holy Spirit, “the Lord and Giver of life”
In the coming of the Spirit and in His on-going advents in the Church’s life, most especially through the Sacred Liturgy, the Kingdom becomes a […]
General
“Mothers are closer to God the Creator than any other creatures”
What happened in the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary can and must happen in our own lives. Each of us has received the Holy […]
Essay
Ascension and the promise of Heaven
The Risen and Ascended Lord is indeed true to His promise: He is truly with us “always, to the close of the age” in each […]
Features
The Lord’s Prayer and the path to our Lord’s Ascension
The only way we can utter the Pater noster words is through the grace of Christ; we do not speak to God in this manner by natural […]
The Dispatch
Suffering, supplication, and the necessity of “praying always”
St. Monica prayed for the conversion of her son Augustine for thirty years. How many of us would expend that kind of energy for a […]
Features
Youth, liturgy, and the need for true worship
Liturgy – like the Faith it celebrates – never admits of an “erector-set” approach; good liturgy, true liturgy is received, not fabricated, and it takes […]
Books
Dominican theologian: The goal of the priesthood is to get people to heaven
Father Romanus Cessario, O.P., reminds readers of the eternal focus of the priest, takes aim at the buzzword “discernment,” and shows why every attack on the […]