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?
Poverty: An Antidote To Technological Dystopia
If technological utopianism is a manifestation of self-worship, one can better appreciate the positive role played by poverty.
Catholic Obedience to Unfaithful Church Leaders (Guest: Peter Kwasniewski)
How can a Catholic be obedient when Church leaders promote same-sex blessings, shut down authentically Catholic liturgies, and continually undermine the Faith?
Contraception Regret at Red Lobster
No amount of money or personal development in education or the business world is worth the pain that comes with the regret of closing yourself to new life.
God and Man’s Best Friend
I don’t think it is wrong to mourn for a beloved pet, as long as our affection for them helps us to live more simply and grow in love for God and neighbor.
A Mass Worth Sacrificing For
Our family endured many hardships to attend the traditional Latin Mass. Now it’s being taken away from us.
Catholicism Is About Swords
Our Faith is about swords, not hand-holding. Those swords are first directed at our sins, and then directed at the evils in the world and in our Church.
The Irreplaceable Role of Fathers
The modern world has declared that children not only do not need a father or to be fathered but that a woman or multiple women can be a substitute for a father.
Renouncing the “High-Value Man”
It is true that we desperately need good men. Masculinity is a good and necessary gift from God. But we need masculine men, not “high-value men.”
Spiritual Warfare: Bring in the Reserves
The Holy Spirit is awakening soldiers and has gone out in the back alleys and byways to enlist them.
Arm Wrestling the World for God
The solution to the Church’s distress lies right before us. Will spiritual leaders and laity choose to see it—or reject it because of the cost?
Against Adopting a Medieval-Peasant Mindset
I aver that the medieval peasant mindset, much like its Bronze Age predecessor, is one of the new crop of meme ideologies that have so aggressively multiplied in cyberspace over the past few years.
The False Christ of The Chosen
Just when we thought we had blessedly stamped out the cartoon, CCD “Jesus,” a newer, slicker incarnation of this caricature has seeped back into the Catholic Church in the form of “The Chosen”.
The Secret Weapon to End the Crisis in the Church (Guest: David Torkington)
We all are frustrated with the crisis in today’s Church, but what can we do about it? Our guest today will answer that question.
Of “Healing Priests” and Other Strange Intrusions
What is absent in enthusiasm is a humility before the example of the saints, who never prayed with external display or manic delirium but always with a calm and chastened manner.
The Ashes of Valentine
Since Valentine’s Day lands on the same day as Ash Wednesday this year, it is an invitation to consider what these two days have in common.
Ashes to Go
The distribution of ashes in the context of the liturgy points to the deep union of liturgy with all sacramental life, including blessings.
Let Children Aim High This Lent
We should see our children’s youth not as a hindrance to bold acts of love, but as an asset.
The Good News About Fasting
This Lent, let us prepare in body, mind, and spirit and seek grudging acceptance of a holistically life-giving relationship with the virtue of fasting.
A Radical “Third Way” of Catholic Discipleship (Guest: Rob Marco)
Are traditional Catholics too insular? Do they focus too much on the liturgy at the expense of evangelization and the works of mercy? Our guest today will challenge us with what he says is a “third way” that encompasses the “both/and” of Catholic discipleship.