On Beginnings and Endings
What Eliot is trying to tell us is that the end will always be found in the beginning, and that when we finally do come to the end, it will have been granted to us so that once more we may return to the beginning.
Living in the Modern Dark Ages
Those who are chiefly responsible for the gathering Dark Age work hard to try and keep the rest of us from seeing it.
A Moment of Time Gave the Meaning
If the evidence exonerates Jesus of either lying or lunacy, then perhaps He really was the Logos of God. Yes, it really did happen!
On Losing the War and Being Twice Blest for ItÂ
One needs more than a swashbuckling good story of brave men and the wives and mothers they left behind when they went off to fight and die. One needs a theology.
Sin: Fighting Against Our True Nature
Sin consists of the refusal to submit, to follow the form given us in being. It is to thwart the whole trajectory of our nature.
The Blood-Thirsty Democrats
Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent visit to an abortion clinic highlights how much the Democratic Party has embraced child-killing.
Lead Us Not Into Temptation
We are all experts when it comes to temptation, but sadly we are all failures at it as well.
The Gaze That Burns Twice
Why not use the time of Lent to help speed things along for those in purgatory who, while saved, are yet not fully ready to reach across the finish line where the final Epiphany awaits them?
The Final Letter
St. Ignatius of Antioch’s Letter to Polycarp—the very last, and the shortest, of the seven written and sent since his arrest in Antioch—is not meant to tell him things he does not already know.
Courage at What Cost?
What is it about our bishops that keeps them so supine? Are there not any around willing to talk back to Rome?
Facing the Peril of Docetism
At the heart of the Docetist denial is horror at the prospect of God—a purely spiritual being, untouched by the material world in any way—actually becoming one of us.
“I Made a Promise to God”
Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J. has made available a stream of wise and beautiful books for countless Catholics.
Augustine’s Problem Is Our Problem
Christianity is not a philosophical abstraction, filled only with interesting ideas. It revolves around a Person who must be embraced.
From Judaism to Jesus
St. Ignatius of Antioch saw the Judaizers as a complete rejection of Jesus Christ.
Why Martyrdom Matters
There is no doubt whatsoever regarding St. Ignatius of Antioch’s great love and esteem for the city of Rome, or, more specifically, the Church of Rome.
One Man’s Resolution for This New Year
My resolution for the New Year: neither to forget nor to fail in any way to remind others of the truth that we are made for God.
My Advice? Step Down
The Church, which has always stood for sanity, may have to ask the Pope to step down in order to make things sane again.
Rendezvous in Rome
What else is martyrdom but an outward expression of an inward reality implicit in the act of becoming a Christian?
Memory and Mass
Christianity did not entirely disavow the ancient idea of memory, but instead baptized it, most perfectly in the re-presentation of the sacrifice of Calvary.
Segue to Sanctity
If the Office of Unity, symbolized by a sitting bishop, is necessary to the maintenance of faith, then holiness of life is the reason for it.