I have forgotten, Lord, to look at the beauty you’ve given. Just watching the clouds pass is really magnificent! The squirrel tormenting the cat from
The problem with pleasure isn’t that it exists. In other words, it isn’t the same thing as the problem of evil. The problem isn’t that pleasure
Tract: Why Is Mary Crying? Author: Jack T. Chick Claim: Devotion to Mary doesn’t please her. It breaks her heart. Well, I guess Mary is
“Time is a treasure that melts away. It escapes from us, slipping through our fingers like water through the mountain rocks. Tomorrow will soon be
…for the wrong reasons. In the last few months, I’ve stumbled upon a number of blogs and combox participants who lament the Catholic Church they’ve
It has been a tough week, but this series is not about me but about God. Surprising, you say? I know. It seems to be
It was the 5th century AD when the Western Roman Empire was under siege. Barbarians from Germany and Central Europe were rushing toward various Roman
Guest Post by Derek Caudill Confidence is a virtue that I think deserves to be talked about among Christians. It seems to me that, in
Statutory Rape, Corruption & Planned Parenthood: Kline stood up for Truth and has been crucified for it. Embattled former Attorney General Phill Kline (Kansas) is
Last week on VP, I took the opportunity to write a post on marriage and a recent experience I had, witnessing a friend give himself
Guest post by Joe Sales This is the second in a series that Joe is doing for VirtuousPla.net on the Blessed Sacraments. His first post
I want to #occupyyourheart for a few minutes. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.) We can’t turn around without hearing about the economic woes of the world.
Guest post by Amanda Castro Facebook is a plethora of obscure knowledge and people who claim to know a great deal of things that in
Greetings fellow Earthlings! I have returned from an extremely fruitful, stressful and fun week in the North of Italy. As you know, if you have
I experienced dramatically that I don’t know what’s best for me, only God does. And usually my plans go against His (“My thoughts are not your thoughts…” Is 55:8). So my best bet for happiness and salvation is to be obedient to God’s will, and so in an incarnate way to be obedient to His Church, and also to be obedient to those who know and love me disinterestedly and might be there to guide me.
My friend Ellie and I pray a novena once in a while and it has always been a very fruitful time for the both of
“A small error at the outset can lead to great errors in the final conclusion” (Saint Thomas Aquinas, Being and Essence, quoting Aristotle). There has
“What does being Catholic mean to you?” That may sound like a corny question asked of high-schoolers at a church youth group… because it is,
A bit of confession is in order. I often find I am not as faithful to the teaching authority of the Church as I should
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide;
I am currently on the run. No, I am not fleeing the authorities in Rome who are busy suppressing rioters. No, I am not Paul
