Several months ago, I happened to glance at the cover of America, and noticed something strange among the featured article descriptions: “Jesus, Please Don’t Fix
“Dogma Lives Loudly Within You”, said the Senator. Thank you very much, Senator. I am flattered that you noticed. I do try very hard to
Historically, theological controversy has led to the development of doctrine. This is quite apparent in the record of the ecumenical councils of the Catholic Church,
Like most European Catholics I was born and brought up in the aftermath of the Renaissance influenced by a spirituality that owed as much
Devotion to the Holy Face of Christ I have yet to meet a Catholic that does not know who St. Therese of Lisieux is. However,
Fear and faith are not two sides of the same coin as that would make them binary, either or, all, or nothing. Rather, they
The Church has always recognized the important role that they play in our lives. “They” are God’s angels. “No evil shall befall you, nor
“The greatest among you will be your servant.” (Matt. 23.11) We need to learn to serve others, as we would like to be served. We
There is a movement today in the world that denies the power of the Church of Jesus Christ in our lives. The narrative goes something
The Fifth Way – Argument from Governance or Order Just as the Third and Fourth Ways build on the first two Ways, the Fifth of
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be
The Patrick Coffin Show podcast features weekly interviews with A-list influencers and outliers in the effort to recover the Judeo-Christian roots of the culture. Patrick
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
It is amazing how much the words of Jesus apply to our modern era and cut right to the hypocrisy of our worldly ways. Then
“For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you” (John 13:15). Our Lord told the apostles this at
The Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Detroit is getting “turbocharged.” At least that is what George Weigel says. In a recent article at First
I’ve had an extraordinarily good year. By any rational standard, every year of my life has been good, but this year in particular I have
St. Paul’s first and second letters to the Thessalonians highlight the importance of work and the dangers of idleness. His insistence on the individuality
Around the world, from the local parish to the highest levels of the Vatican, the papal exhortation Amoris Laetitia (AL) has been interpreted by some to justify,
In 1975, singer Mac Davis released a song entitled “It’s Hard to be Humble”. The lyrics of this tongue-in-cheek song brought crowds to laughter, yet,
Many Families, Many Approaches There are as many ways to manage a family with young children at Mass as there are families that attend. Many
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
