Mammon is properly not “served” but “used.” It is a thing. It serves a purpose: acquiring goods that better human life. If we “use” mammon for that purpose, it’s good; if we “serve” mammon, we make a tool which should be our servant our master.
Singularity is the sin of taking satisfaction in flying above my neighbor, running ahead of the crowd, wandering off the beaten track in my prayer life, my devotion, and my spirituality.
As the storm approaches, I have a strange kind of calm. I know that my wife and my children love me, so that’s all right; and I do trust that they know I love them. But a man wants something other than that. We need to be needed.
The great deceit of modernity is the outsourcing of parenting and education to the state, principally through the school system, with the expectation that children will not have divided loyalty.
Face-to-face Confession has become the norm. But I can’t help but wonder how many souls have been discouraged in the process. Confession is easily the most intimate spiritual thing imaginable. Is assumed confidentiality really enough?
There can be no reason to commend a college or university to anyone if there is no connection between the life of the campus and the light of truth.
What is the point of trying to reason with people for whom reason has no purchase? So, I speak in parables.
Our age is insane, our elites are out of their minds, and our world is in the proverbial handbasket on the way to Hell. But I remain optimistic. Why? Because I believe Aslan is on the move.
As yet another update to marriage prep is considered, it’s debatable just how effective these programs have been in promoting a culture of marriage and family.
Is it okay for Catholics to engage in speculative investing? Or is it making a profit without adding any value to it, which St. Thomas Aquinas calls cheating?
The government-backed student loan program has led to a bubble in college costs, and may spell the end for faithful Catholic schools.
A priest currently in jail for protecting the unborn exhorts us all to love more and sacrifice more.
It is an axiom of membership among believing Roman Catholics that nothing matters more than the pursuit of holiness
Some nominal Catholics want it both ways: acquiescing in, if not promoting, the contemporary ethic while having some sentimental moments about old John the Baptist.
The souls of unborn children enter eternity with free will but no (or precious little) information on which to base a decision. Would they be denied that information? Would Christ not preach to them?
Our Catholic schools need to be more Catholic, but it can be difficult to determine exactly what “being more Catholic” should entail.
It’s hard to be a kid these days. Your blue-haired teachers appear on Libs of Tik-Tok videos bragging about selling you into sex slavery, and people go “Ho-hum. How cute. Don’t judge.” If you’re a girl, the federal government and institutions like Boston Children’s Hospital will promote “gender affirming hysterectomies.” And, of course, also on … Read more
The death of a young mother revealed the deep impact founding a family can have.
Sexual activity among Catholic young people has declined but only partially and not to a degree that should give us much comfort.
Why did Pope Benedict XVI consider Anglican traditions “a precious gift” and a “treasure to be shared,” considering the Anglican church’s bloody history of schism from Rome?