I’ve witnessed the most holy, orthodox Catholics have their minds warped by temptation and darkness, where they have fallen into sin they previously believed to
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
A lot of people have been posting about how to deal with others who believe in conspiracy theories… it’s been on my mind, because some
Sometimes we are called not only to experience humiliation in order to be sanctified, but we must stew in it for the reality of our
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
“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
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.
How can we say two things at the same time as Catholics: No man can desire evil, and sin is where man chooses and desires
This is a theological reflection on some principles found in our first reading this Sunday. It is a more theologically worded reflection than my homily
I’ve been thinking about the new trend to live-stream masses… As a sacramental Church not being physically present in the Church building is less than
When I was first ordained, the rigidity that has been criticized on some clerics existed in me. My Spiritual Director told me I had a
The illative sense, known by another Philosophy is tightly linked to a type of intuition that stems from virtue. Intuitive knowing in this regard, as
The Church’s mission to evangelize should not ever be conflated with colonialism. Evangelization, according to the Church is a spiritual movement that can embrace the
Take a deep breath. Let’s restate it again. But only with those who have ears. It’d be good to explain this from the point of
Philosophically there is much attention to the concept of identity. In sacred scripture the same is the case. What constitutes our identity? In the philosophy
There is a temptation I believe in our culture to present one’s self as outraged in order to deflect possible accusations of indifference or ambivalence
A church which seeks its own survival, it would seem to me, is not living by it’s actual mission. Christ taught us that each follower
