The “Great Schism”: What Happened and Why? Question: Dear Father Cush, why did the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church split? What does the Catholic Church teach about receiving the Sacraments in the Orthodox Churches? Answer: The … [Read more...]
Archives for 2025
Book Reviews – September 2025
August 29, 2025 by Book Reviews
Preaching to a Divided Nation: A Seven-Step Model for Promoting Reconciliation and Unity. By Matthew Kim and Paul Hoffman. Reviewed by Randall Woodard. (skip to review) A Concise Introduction to Bernard Lonergan, S.J. By Rev. John P. C … [Read more...]
Homilies for August 2025
For August 3, August 10, August 17, August 24, and August 31, as well as August 15 (the Solemnity of the Assumption) Homilies for Sundays by Fr. Edward Pelrine Homily for Our Lady’s Assumption by Rev. John P. Cush Eighteenth Sunday in O … [Read more...]
Faith and Reason: How the College General Education Curriculum Is Fundamental for a Catholic Renewal
July 30, 2025 by David M. Klocek
At last I went to the artisans, for I was conscious that I knew nothing at all, as I may say, and I was sure that they knew many fine things; and in this I was not mistaken, for they did know many things of which I was ignorant, and in this … [Read more...]
A Decade of Connection: Laudato Si’ and the Broader Vision of Pope Francis
July 30, 2025 by Fr. Andreas Kramarz, LC
Ten years ago, Pope Francis signed Laudato Si’ (henceforth LS), his first “solo” encyclical letter (most of Lumen Fidei had been composed by Pope Benedict XVI). The bulk of its public reception revolved around questions of whether his asses … [Read more...]
Eucharistic Adoration, Spiritual Communion, and the Practice of the Presence of God Online
July 30, 2025 by Paul Turnley
The National Eucharistic Revival continues to be a divine invitation to the Church to be united once again around the source and summit of our faith in the celebration of the Eucharist. During its third year, Catholics are being invited to … [Read more...]
Principles of Neuroscience Embedded in the Spirituality of St. Francis de Sales
A Pastoral Approach to Addictive Behaviors
July 30, 2025 by Fr. Anthony J. Pinizzotto
Before the advent of modern neurobiology, neuroanatomy and neurochemistry, the intricate mechanisms of brain functions were poorly understood. Many theories were advanced as attempts to comprehend the connection between the brain and human … [Read more...]
Video Gaming: A Catholic Moral Theological Perspective
July 30, 2025 by Eric Manuel Torres
Without a doubt, video games have become a major formative influence on modern-day culture, particularly among the youth. According to the latest 2024 figures, the global video game industry is projected to pocket a revenue of U.S. $455.27 … [Read more...]
Questions Answered – August 2025
July 30, 2025 by Rev. John P. Cush, STD
What Is a Resurrected Body Like? Question: What does Saint Thomas Aquinas teach us about the nature of the resurrected body of Jesus? What does he teach us about our own resurrected bodies at the end of time? Answer: Saint Thomas … [Read more...]
Book Reviews – August 2025
July 30, 2025 by Book Reviews
A Brief Life of Thomas Aquinas: The Theologian in His Context. By Jean-Pierre Torrell, OP. Reviewed by Rev. Ryan Connors. (skip to review) Catholics in Exile: Biblical Wisdom for the Journey Home. By Scott Hahn and Brandon McGinley. … [Read more...]
Homilies for July 2025
June 27, 2025 by Rev. John P. Cush, STD
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...]
The Discipleship Stage of Priestly Formation: A Thomistic and Pastoral Vision
June 27, 2025 by Rev. John P. Cush, STD
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
June 27, 2025 by Fr. Chad Arnold
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
June 27, 2025 by Fr. Francesco Giordano, STD
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
June 27, 2025 by Ruben Gilbert
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...]
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