Professor J. Budziszewski is the author of numerous books, including What We Can’t Not Know: A Guide (Ignatius Press), Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on Happiness and Ultimate Purpose (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), as well […]
In his classic book Suicide of the West, James Burnham famously characterized liberalism as “the ideology of Western suicide.” I’ve been meaning for some time to write up an essay on the book. This isn’t it. […]
In recent decades, Catholic education has become less and less distinct from mainstream schooling. Catholic educational leaders often talk of the need to educate the whole person and to instill “values” in pupils, notwithstanding the […]
When St. Paul wrote to the Corinthians about the “varieties of spiritual gifts,” he noted how, with whatever gift they have received, believers can work for the common good. What he did not mention is […]
In Summa Theologiae (II-II.168.2-4), Aquinas discusses the essential role that play and humor have in human life. They are necessary for the health of the individual, insofar as in their absence the mind becomes weary […]
Michael D. O’Brien—iconographer, painter, novelist, critic—is the popular author of many best-selling novels, including Father Elijah, Strangers and Sojourners, Elijah in Jerusalem, The Father’s Tale, Eclipse of the Sun, Sophia House, The Lighthouse, and Island […]
Doctrine exists for worship and not simply for itself. Doctrine apart from worship is barren. […]
Thanks to the fine work of Matthew K. Minerd a score of previously untranslated essays by Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. (1877-1964) are now available in English. The collection, entitled Philosophizing in Faith: Essays on the Beginning […]
The Solemnity of Corpus Christi proclaims the truth that the Incarnate Son of God, having ascended to His Father’s right hand in heaven, remains present and active in His Church “until the end of the […]
The Easter Vigil is known as “the mother of all vigils” because of its preeminence in the life of Christians. The Sacred Liturgy of that night is replete with symbolism; we could even say that […]
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