Douglas Farrow’s Thoughts on Smudging and the Sacraments
An intriguing and insightful take here from Dr. Douglas Farrow, a fifth-generation Canadian and professor of theology and ethics at McGill university. My talk at... Read more.
The Empathy of Edith Stein
An intriguing take on Saint Edith Stein from the perspective of empathy, on which the saint wrote her dissertation, an important topic in our world so immersed in... Read more.
Nagasaki’s Own Nightmare
The Americans dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th, and another one on this day, August 9th – just to make sure they got the message, we may presume... Read more.
A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil. (Saint Dominic,... Read more.
Therefore, since each of us possesses God in his heart and is being transformed into his divine image, we also should cry out with joy: It is good for us to be... Read more.
The Moment of Resurrection, Expressed in Bronze
Artist Miles Tucker’s latest bronze sculpture is designed to inspire and fortify faith by depicting the precise moment of Jesus’ resurrection within the... Read more.
It’s All About Liturgy
The author here makes a good point, that regardless of how bad, awful, outlandish, puerile, even sacrilegious liturgical abuse may be, it is almost never disciplined... Read more.
Disappearing Data
When the data does not go the way you’d like it, delete it, right down the hole of your donut graph. I don’t recall learning that back when I was studying... Read more.
Three Eusebii
Names can be confusing in history, for significant figures often share the same name – There have been eighteen kings Louis in France; eight kings Henry in... Read more.
Whoever prays is certainly saved. He who does not is certainly damned. (Saint Alphonsus Ligouri, as quoted in the Catechism, 2744)... Read more.