Where is God’s Will?
Julie Machado
March 5, AD2018
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“Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done” we pray in the Our Father. “Not my will, but yours be done” (Luke 22:42), prayed Jesus in
How Can Catholics Be Good Art Appreciators?
Patrick Malone
March 2, AD2018
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The reason “Christian films” continue to prosper is because they are incredibly effective in winning their target demographic. However – this is the exact reason
A Book Launch, Hidden Mystical Power, and the Art of the Impossible: Part 1
David Torkington
February 16, AD2018
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On the 15th February, I had the honour of sharing the launch of my book, Wisdom from the Christian Mystics with Kevin Grant, former editor-in-chief of
The Eroticism of Harrison Lemke’s “Song for St. Valentine”
Patrick Malone
February 14, AD2018
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Some counter-cultural attitudes are actually pretty widespread. An obvious example is an attitude towards Hallmark holidays like Valentine’s Day. Shirking the yoke of corporatized romance,
Off the Shelf with Adam Blai: Hauntings, Possessions, and Exorcisms
Pete Socks
February 1, AD2018
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Off the Shelf 055 – Adam Blai We find ourselves in unprecedented times. Pandemics, riots, and more come at us day after day. Perhaps most
Pete Socks: From Book Reviews and Podcasts to Full-Time for God
Melanie Jean Juneau
January 30, AD2018
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Pete Socks, a happily married father of five, converted to the Catholic faith in 1996. After a few years, he found himself simply going through the motions,
The Scandal of Forgiveness in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Patrick Malone
January 13, AD2018
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To be a little simplistic, Martin McDonagh’s films tend to be preoccupied with cycles of violence, in which parties retaliate against each other for the
T.S. Eliot and Dreading Christmas
Patrick Malone
December 23, AD2017
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Few people have likely ever been so dismayed by the passing of Christmas as the Magi and the prophet Simeon, as least as the poet
The Masculinity and Mortification of Auden’s St. Joseph
Patrick Malone
December 16, AD2017
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After two millennia, our veneration of Mary might make it somewhat difficult to imagine how St. Joseph might have seen her when he first heard
The New Demonology, Catholic Theology, and Western Movies
Dr. Edouard Belaga
December 11, AD2017
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While many viewers were confused by the movie’s odd mix of pseudo-science and action scenes, the core of the movie lies in a whole other
Cormac McCarthy’s The Counselor: Blessed are Those Who Mourn
Patrick Malone
December 4, AD2017
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Actions produce consequences which produce new worlds, and they’re all different. Where the bodies are buried in the desert, that is a certain world, where
Book Review: Mike Aquilina’s “The Healing Imperative”
Anthony S. Layne
November 20, AD2017
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Mike Aquilina is one of the most prolific Catholic authors today, having churned out over fifty books as well as numerous essays and articles.
Eat, Drink And Be Merry
Edward Monti
November 10, AD2017
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Eat Drink And Be Merry Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die. There are several places in holy Scripture where this sentiment is
Beauty: An Abundant, Impractical Encounter With God
Trish Irvine
November 2, AD2017
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Being raised on a farm in rural South Dakota, I believe I understood simplicity and solitude from a young age. While my friends in town
The Poetry of Molly McCully Brown: A Theology of Broken Bodies
Patrick Malone
October 30, AD2017
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Molly McCully Brown‘s The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded is a magnificent collection of poems, depicting the experiences of profoundly disabled persons who, shunned
Seeking Jesus: An Interview with Author Julie Davis
Guest Contributor
October 3, AD2017
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We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are,
A Baby’s Corpse: The Disingenuous Eucharist of “mother!”
Patrick Malone
October 2, AD2017
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Darren Aronofsky’s film mother! starts out well enough, making masterful use of its setting and cinematography and centring on stellar performances from Jennifer Lawrence as
Do Catholics Watch Film like Fundamentalists?
Patrick Malone
September 20, AD2017
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The silence of the Catholic critic is so often preferable to his attention. -Flannery O’Connor, The Habit of Being Too much Christian “criticism” of film
If You Like Game of Thrones You Will Really Like the Bible
Justin McClain
September 16, AD2017
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What series am I describing? Murder. Kingdoms. Thrones. Vengeance. Games. The rise and the fall of civilizations. Swords. A cast of profoundly varied personalities and
The Young Pope: Popes Are People, Too
Patrick Malone
August 26, AD2017
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The Young Pope, written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino, is premised on what is apparently a radical idea: that popes might experience spiritual growth even
The Problem with Poetry in Our Time
Sarah Greydanus
August 25, AD2017
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Why talk about poetry? It might not seem an urgent concern. It certainly isn’t a “hot-button issue.” Our thoughts, however, would be impoverished if we
Sex, Desecration, and Shame in Terrence Malick’s Song to Song
Patrick Malone
July 21, AD2017
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As Roger Scruton says, “Sex is either consecration or desecration, with no neutral territory in between.” That’s essentially the thesis of Terrence Malick’s recent trilogy
