“Draw your strength from the Lord and from his mighty power. Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil. For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the p … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
Thanksgiving
Editorial, November 2011
November 15, 2011 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
Thanksgiving Day, on the last Thursday in November, is a major event in American culture and life. On this day, most Americans want to be, and try to be, home with their family. The feast is 400 years old, and was made a national holiday by … [Read more...]
Presuppositions of Darwinism
Editorial, October 2011
October 6, 2011 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
In his textbook, Philosophical Psychology (FSSP, Elmhurst, PA 1999), Prof. D.Q. McInerny lists and evaluates the six presuppositions of Darwinist evolution. The first presupposition is that life came to be, the way it is on earth, through n … [Read more...]
“Non Angli, sed angeli!” The Pope’s visit to Britain
The Pope’s visit to the U.K. in September may be the catalyst for a revitalized British faith.
October 1, 2011 by Donal Anthony Foley
The visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Britain, September 16-19, marked a very special moment, and one which may still have wider repercussions for the rest of the world. Its high point was the beatification of John Henry Newman (1801-90) at … [Read more...]
St. Thérèse’s Teacher: Our Lady of the Little Way
St. Thérèse believed that the Blessed Mother was the living embodiment of “The Little Way.”
October 1, 2011 by Fr. John Saward
In July 1937, forty years after St. Thérèse’s death, Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, later Pope Pius XII, came to Lisieux to give a first blessing to the basilica then being constructed in honour of the Little Flower. He had a meeting in the Carm … [Read more...]
Pope Benedict XVI: Theologian of the Bible
The Pastores Dabo Vobis Award in Honor of Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J. (learn more)
September 1, 2011 by Fr. Joseph T. Lienhard, SJ
The twentieth century was a tumultuous time in the Catholic Church for all concerned with the interpretation of the Bible. For the past few decades, this topic has been a principal concern of one prominent theologian. His interest in the … [Read more...]
The “New Atheists”
Editorial, August 2011
August 1, 2011 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
Books promoting atheism have been selling very well in recent years. The main proponents, the “New Atheists,” are biologist Richard Dawkins, philosophers Daniel Dennett and Sam Harris, and journalist Christopher Hitchens. A recent clo … [Read more...]
Liberal education and the priesthood
The winner of the second annual Pastores Dabo Vobis Award in Honor of Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J.
July 28, 2011 by Fr. James V. Schall, SJ
“Like all great churches, that are not mere store-houses of theology, Chartres expressed, besides whatever else it means, an emotion, the deepest man ever felt—the struggle of his own littleness to grasp the infinite. You may, if you like, f … [Read more...]
Scripture breathes the Holy Spirit
Editorial, June/July 2011
June 1, 2011 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
Recently I read a little book on the mystery of God’s word by Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M.Cap. (Jesus Began to Preach, Liturgical Press, 2010). The author is the well-known theologian and preacher to the papal household. He has held th … [Read more...]
Razing the bastions, yet again
Be confident, bold and loving, for Christ has won!
June 1, 2011 by David Vincent Meconi
In his 1952 Razing the Bastions (Schleifung der Bastionen) Hans Urs von Balthasar challenged the Church to replace any posturing of fear with a more world-friendly embrace.[1. Han Urs von Balthasar, Razing the Bastions, trans., Brian McNeil … [Read more...]
The practice of excellence
Human flourishing means seeing what is and acting accordingly.
June 1, 2011 by Fr. James V. Schall, SJ
“A man properly nurtured in poetry will quickly spot shoddy, poorly made works and ill-grown things, and his joy and aversion will be properly placed; he’ll approve beautiful things, joyfully take them into his soul, and from their nurture g … [Read more...]
On the beatification of John Paul II
The pontificate of John Paul II was a gift from God to the faithful entering the third millennium.
May 1, 2011 by Fr. Matthew J. Albright
The unique significance of a recent Vatican announcement has settled on the minds and hearts of Christ’s faithful. The joyful news of the beatification of Pope John Paul II on the first of May contains layers of meaning for the Church and t … [Read more...]
The will of God
Editorial, May 2011
May 1, 2011 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
Over the years, in reading the lives of the saints, I have noted that they have tried to find God’s will in their lives. When they found it, they did all they could to follow it. There are many different paths to holiness—to which we are all … [Read more...]
Toward a Gospel witness: Confronting child abuse
The Church’s response to this evolving crisis has been, at the very least, disturbing.
May 1, 2011 by Daniel Cere
We live in a culture that celebrates progressive liberation from sexual taboos and constraints. The sexual transgressions of days gone by have been rapidly refashioned into the conventional sexualities of today; even more risqué sexualities … [Read more...]
The divine will and human freedom: A Thomistic analysis
The unity of divine and human wills, as well as human freedom, are vital to Aquinas’ theology.
April 1, 2011 by Dr. Kevin G. Rickert
At the center of Nietzsche’s rejection of Christianity is the idea that Christianity involves an attack upon the human will. In The Antichrist he says the following: "The Christian conception of God…is one of the most corrupt conceptions of … [Read more...]
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