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Saint Luke, the only Gentile author of the New Testament, and the “historian of Christ’s meekness” (as Dante styles him), narrates several episodes in the life of Jesus that no other evangelist writes of, including the second, fourth, and fifth … Continue reading
As was the last Ad Rem, this number is an edited excerpt from the talk I am soon to give at Saint Benedict Center’s annual conference. In Chapter ten of the Commonitory, Saint Vincent considers what we should do when … Continue reading
How do we navigate the turbulent waters of twenty-first century Catholicism? We see many good things in the Church today, to be sure, but we also see massive blow-back against them from a dying generation of neo-modernist clerics in high … Continue reading
There was an informative exchange on Catholicism.org when Charles Coulombe’s article, “Which Christian Nation Are We Defending?,” provoked a reply from the redoubtable Henry Sire, “The Kingdom of God in Human History.” The exchange was a friendly one between two … Continue reading
We have a question box here at Saint Benedict Center, and, recently, there were two questions about love that I had to answer. As this material might be of broader interest, I am turning my answers into this short Ad … Continue reading
There are reasons why Michael Bard, writing for the ideologically Zionist Jewish News Syndicate, says that “Public opinion for Israel shows an alarming trend”: Sympathy for Israel peaked at 62% between 2010 and 2019 but has dropped every year since, … Continue reading
In Philosophy in Our School of Thought, I cite the six reasons that Brother Francis listed to explain why we must study philosophy. The fourth reason is this: “True philosophy is the handmaid of theology, ancilla theologiae. Without solid philosophic … Continue reading
The following is a cut down version of the introductory speech I gave at IHM School’s graduation last Saturday. Readers should know that our school in rural southern New Hampshire is very small. We had three graduates this year — … Continue reading
Pope Leo XIV has, during the first hours and days of his pontificate, spoken much about peace. Whether or not his pontificate will see some time of peace in the Church and the world is a matter of history that … Continue reading
It has been too long since I have written in this space. A small litany of reasons may be found on our site, the chief of them being my Pilgrimage to England and Scotland, one aspect of which is the … Continue reading
It is a dogma of our Faith that God is immutable — that is, unchangeable. But sometimes we speak of Him as if He changes. The Church’s Liturgy, like Holy Scripture, speaks in a human way about divine realities, indeed … Continue reading
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is one of the more pleasant sounding little lies of modernity. It is attributed to the writer of light Victorian-era romantic fiction, Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, and first appeared in her best known … Continue reading
The month of March is dedicated to the Head of the Holy Family, good Saint Joseph. Rather than write something of my own for the occasion, I thought I would share a medley of offerings on today’s saint with my … Continue reading
Last time, I promised a sequel on the subject, Truth is Threefold, and God is Absolute Truth in a Threefold Manner. Having previously introduced the threefold character of truth and considered God as Absolute Logical Truth, I now proceed to … Continue reading
Truth is threefold. In each of the three planes of which we speak of it, truth is a conformity. Logical truth is the conformity of the mind to reality. Moral truth is the conformity of one’s speech to what is … Continue reading
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