For July 6, July 13, July 20, and July 27 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – July 6, 2025 Readings: Isaiah 66:10–14c • Psalm 66:1–3, 4–5, 6–7, 16, 20 • Galatians 6:14–18 • Luke 10:1–12, 17–20 bible.usccb. … [Read more...]
Archives for 2025
The Discipleship Stage of Priestly Formation: A Thomistic and Pastoral Vision
The priestly vocation is a gift from Christ to His Church, a sacred calling that demands careful discernment, formation, and accompaniment. The Church’s contemporary vision for priestly formation has been significantly renewed through the 2 … [Read more...]
The Crippling Effect of Modern Discernment
The word discernment, in recent decades, has jumped in popularity. Part of that can be traced to a revitalization of traditional Ignatian spirituality. Presbyteral culture has become decidedly more Ignatian, through the influence of … [Read more...]
Theological Reflections on Man from the Hexameron of St. Ambrose of Milan
St. Ambrose’s work The Six Days of Creation traces a practice that had also been the practice of other great authors of the early centuries, from Origen to St. Basil, for the Greek world, to St. Augustine, for the Latin side, that is, that o … [Read more...]
Homo Liturgicus: On the Necessity of Liturgy for Men
It has been noted by many Catholic commentators over the years that in a world that seeks to silence the sound of church bells on Sunday mornings and disrobe from itself the vestiges of an ordered Christian past, among the many things on … [Read more...]
Catholic Marriage in a Fallen World
Lucia, one of the children who received a visit from the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima, wrote to Cardinal Carlo Caffarra in the early 1980s explaining that there would be a battle with Satan over marriage and the family.[1. Maria V. … [Read more...]
Questions Answered – July 2025
Why Does Jesus Have Two Genealogies? Question One: Dear Father, I am in a Bible study in my parish and I was wondering, as we are about to begin reading the New Testament, I am wondering why are there two different genealogies for Jesus in … [Read more...]
Book Reviews – July 2025
Thomas Shields and the Renewal of Catholic Education. By Leonardo Franchi. Reviewed by Paul Bryant. (skip to review) Spiritual Masters: Living and Praying in the Catholic Tradition. By Alfred C. Hughes. Reviewed by Robert P. Miller. … [Read more...]
Homilies for June 2025
For the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Pentecost Sunday, and the Solemnities of the Most Holy Trinity, the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and Saints Peter and Paul Seventh Sunday of Easter – J … [Read more...]
Loving As the Trinity Loves
Though the doctrine of the Trinity is the central mystery of our faith, it can have surprisingly minimal impact on our spiritual lives. We affirm that in God there is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but how the relationship among the Divine … [Read more...]
Corpus Christi: The Original Eucharistic Revival
At the height of his power and prestige in 1215, Pope Innocent III called the Fourth Lateran Council to put forth reforms to root out the weaknesses and wickedness of the clergy.[1. Derek Holmes and Bernard W. Bickers, A Short History of … [Read more...]
Corpus Christi, Corpus Dei
St. John Henry Newman says that to be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant. This is true regarding our doctrines on the true presence of the Eucharist. The Council of Ephesus anticipates the teachings of transubstantiation at … [Read more...]
Remembering More
Many people remember Thomas More as a martyr for his disagreement with King Henry VIII, but the theological principle under dispute is often misremembered. This recurring amnesia inspired the historian E. E. Reynolds to answer one essential … [Read more...]
Happily Never After: The Ugly Side of Romantic Fiction and Its Effects on Marriage
In general, when someone says they enjoy reading for a hobby, one assumes that person has a wholesome hobby. However, reading of modern romance novels is often used as a means of entertainment or escape for women, and this activity can be … [Read more...]
Questions Answered – June 2025
Does Sin Cause Natural Disasters? Question: Dear Father Cush, according to Saint Thomas Aquinas and other Catholic theologians, are natural disasters caused by Original Sin? Answer: What a great question! Let’s examine it thoroughly. A … [Read more...]
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