To be a witness of Christ is not merely to demonstrate moral integrity. Don’t get me wrong, that is a crucial component of being a
God is not an ideology — nor is He reducible to a moral code. He is a community of Divine Persons and His Identity is
According to Aquinas, the sin of pride is always rooted in the proposition of a lie that generates a fear. So in order to address
For all of those who have a past with sin, or may be struggling with the embarrassment of that reality right now, I’d like you
If you were to see a person you loved, entirely disrespected, their dignity disregarded, humiliated from a place of cruelty – what would you do
There is a fellow named Bernie Kraus who records nature sounds for films and television. When he began recording nature sounds in 1968, in order
St. Thomas has an interesting statement about the Eucharist that I’ve been thinking about for sometime, and feel as though has been validated by my
Aquinas on pedagogy of children: I just read something very interesting from St. Thomas Aquinas pertaining to the order of teaching children in the matter
The Incarnation is the marriage of God to every aspect of our humanity. He touches every moment of human life – from its conception to
“Atheists and heretics keep resurrecting the anti-Semitic heresy of Marcion and Mani: that the God of the Old Testament is a radically different God than
The greatest Shame of Palm Sunday is that they celebrated Christ as though He came to save them from their political and temporal problems. Entirely
What is the difference between the Fruits and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit? Its a good question to dissect philosophically. Gifts of the Holy
I do think one of the things that is lacking today is the mental space, and permission to contemplate one’s life, and the meaning of
Whoever is the main character in your own story (life) is your “god” or “object of worship.” Now, consider it normal for fallen humans, due
Something that is often misunderstood about St. Thomas Aquinas’ philosophical psychology is his definition of the will and the intellect. Although he calls the will
A gospel without Kindness is a twisted sort of thing. But do not confuse niceness with kindness. Kindness is a kind of generosity toward another.
A Few thoughts on healing and reconciliation in general. What obscures the process of healing and reconciliation is often a bad spirit. St. Paul, as
In studying ethics, St. Thomas Aquinas explains that the mere study of ethics does not translate into the operation of prudence as a virtue. St.
When Christ “permitted” the demons to enter into the swine, according to Aquinas, Jesus teaches us a few things. First that Christ did not follow
According to St. Thomas Aquinas, natural virtue (justice, prudence, temperance and courage, and all the subset virtues) are acquired virtues. Acquired virtues are those good-habits
Catholic ethics is a combination of formal (speculative knowledge) and practical science. Kant would seem to be entirely formal, while utilitarianism would seem to be
