She is the singular star that draws us into the will of the Father by reminding us to “do whatever he tells you” (Jn 2:10). Star and Sure Guide At the close of his Apostolic Letter, Novo Millennio Ineunte (At the Beginning of the New Mi … [Read more...]
Articles
Lust – It’s Not Always About Sex
October 10, 2013 by Anonymous
Author’s name withheld by request. Sometimes it’s about a compulsion to dominate other people that originates in childhood rivalries and persists into adulthood as an unconscious trait. The good news is that a person can readily overcome … [Read more...]
Fasting and the Call to Holiness
October 10, 2013 by John B. Buescher
Our salvation depends wholly on God’s grace, of which we are completely undeserving. But through fasting, as well as through prayer and almsgiving, we can open up space for God’s grace to enter. The Second Vatican Council’s document, … [Read more...]
The Providence of God and the Cross of Christ
October 9, 2013 by Daniel M. Garland, Jr.
When one examines the mystery of divine providence, and its relation to the cross of Christ from the viewpoint of wisdom, which is knowledge of divine things, he sees God’s wonderful plan of redemption for his creatures. Crucifixion is t … [Read more...]
“La Petite Voie” of Thérése of Lisieux
October 6, 2013 by David Vincent Meconi
Here was one of the most brilliant popes the Church has ever seen declaring that little Thérése Martin was to be studied and analyzed alongside the great Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Robert Bellarmine! St. Therese of Lisieux: as a ch … [Read more...]
Gospel of John
October 6, 2013 by Edmund Miller
... what if God, who also wills to perfect his own mercy, made death itself a means by which we reach him? What if something crushed, something broken, became at the same time a path to life? The multiplication of loaves and fishes. … [Read more...]
Questions Answered
October 6, 2013 by Fr. Brian Mullady, OP
What are the conditions for informed consent regarding rejection of medical treatment? Can you explain the limitations of law? Do unjust laws oblige us to obedience? Question: What are the conditions for informed consent regarding … [Read more...]
The Formation of Priests: Knowledge and Sanctity
September 26, 2013 by Bishop George V. Murry, SJ, PhD
Though there has yet to be published a history of the formation of priests, the historic concern for good priests assumes that the Church has needed, and continues to need, effective seminaries and programs of formation Christ, the Good … [Read more...]
Jesuitizing the Church: Under Francis, Would That Be So Bad?
September 26, 2013 by Fr. David M. Knight
Francis has made this strategy the most visible difference in the lifestyle he has adopted as Bishop of Rome ... rejecting ... the “riches and honors” that, over the centuries, have attached themselves to the papal office like barnacles to a … [Read more...]
Knowing Enough History to Defend It: Catholic History and Apologetics
September 25, 2013 by Stephanie A. Mann
The Church is distinctive among institutions in the history of mankind: it is human and yet divine; perfect, yet in need of reform; holy, yet made up of sinners; infallible, yet led by fallen, fallible humans. While many seem to … [Read more...]
What Happens to a Church When the Members Won’t Grow Up?
September 24, 2013 by R. Thomas Richard, PhD
The problem for the Church is ... the spiritual immaturity of men and of women in the Church, and the lack of guidance they are receiving on how to grow up to spiritual maturity as Catholic Christians. What happens to … [Read more...]
The Invalidity of Anglican Orders and the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter
September 22, 2013 by Donald Paul Sullins
While Apostolicae Curae holds that Anglican ordination does not confer the fullness of Catholic orders, this by no means implies that Anglican ordination is without its own value and purpose. Many Catholic priests have followed with … [Read more...]
A Defense of Thomistic Natural Law
September 11, 2013 by Dr. Howard P. Kainz, PhD
If there is any other moral theory besides natural law that provides even better guidance for major and common life decisions, then this theory should be proposed, and natural law should take the proverbial back seat. Natural law theory … [Read more...]
Barring Clergy at Mass Casualty Events
September 10, 2013 by Dr. John M. Grondelski
People instinctively recognize that, at moments of life and death, clergymen ought to be there. There are no atheists in foxholes. People rejoice at the consoling presence of those priests. Fr. Mychal F. Judge, OFM, Catholic Chaplain to … [Read more...]
Questions Answered
September 10, 2013 by Fr. Brian Mullady, OP
What is the teaching of the Church on the resurrection of the dead, and on reincarnation? Some theologians maintain that Jesus went to Hell after his death as a sinner. Is that possible? Question: What is the teaching of the Church … [Read more...]
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