Fulfillment of the Law
As Moses departed from the people of Israel, he promised that God would send another prophet just like him (Dt ...
Sin and the Dimensions of Providence
One of the themes that St. Paul reflects upon in his letter to the Romans is the role that Sin ...
On Dating Christmas
Each Christmas a friend of mine sends me a text wishing me “seasons greetings”. He casts a wide net capturing ...
On Marrying Young
Over the past 40 years, the median age of men and women getting married in the US has risen steeply ...
The Muddled Creationist
There is perhaps no movement in the Church that has been more destructive to confidence in Sacred Scripture than Theistic ...
Christ Living in Me
In the midst of his battle against the Arians, St. Athanasius once pithily said, “that which Christ did not assume, ...
Faith and the Suspicion of God
Are you suspicious of God? This is a rather strange question to open an essay, especially one written by a ...
Scriptural Bingo
In Book VIII of his Confessions, St. Augustine details his conversion. After begging the Lord to finally free him from ...
Our Lady and Temptation
In 1926, Our Lord appeared to the last surviving Fatima visionary, Sr. Lucia, in order to ask her to spread ...
Opening Our Hearts
It is somewhat apropos that the leading cause of death in the United States is heart disease. Not just because ...