The parish I belong to sends out weekly reflections that often provide food for thought. Once in a while, however, a reflection offers up a
For centuries, western mythology portrayed dragons as murderous, greedy hoarders of treasure, destroyers of villages, and adversaries to virtuous heroes. They were like Smaug in
While browsing through history books in the library I stumbled across one with what struck me as having an odd picture on the cover. It
Dear readers, We have a clear moral and political dichotomy in America and throughout the western world. The political left is replete with politicians who
Many of us celebrated the Eucharistic Revival this past July. It was clearly a statement for Jesus Christ, our faith, and our Church. The Revival
As I write, a war is raging in Israel. I was expecting the war because I think the human race is fast approaching the end
When my grandmother was young, she and some friends visited a fortune teller at a carnival. The soothsayer foretold that my grandmother, Eva, would have
After God created the angels and showed them a vision of the future Christ as God’s beloved Son made man, Lucifer refused to accept that
Flannery O’Connor wrote: what has given the South her identity are those beliefs and qualities which she has absorbed from the Scriptures and from her
When my daughter was younger, we had a ritual. It started when I first began my theological journey. I had the privilege of studying Theology
Above all, in our path and role in life, we must be truthful to God’s purpose, as well as to our own soul. Discerning and
In considering the good and evil in the world, it is not apparently obvious that the wicked actually play a role in our salvation. I
I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I
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
Real love involves real hatred: whoever has lost the power of moral indignation and the urge to drive the Sellers from the Temple has lost
There is no way of escaping it in our culture’s 24-hour news cycle. There’s no way to escape witnessing the evils that are carried out
Whenever some sad soul goes bonkers with a gun, the media instantly goes into a lather of breathless updates and saturation coverage. Yet one single
In a previous essay, I recognized St. Thomas the Apostle and his feast day July 3rd. Last month had another saint’s feast day that has
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has a host of artistic problems, but its most profound failures are of moral understanding. Whereas the original novels
I object to the profanation of sacred images and sacramentals in cinema. I have been writing about and meditating on the power of the Holy
“Pray always, but not in order to convince the Lord by dint of words! He knows our needs better than we do! Indeed, persevering prayer
Shusaku Endo’s novel Silence, of which a film adaptation by Martin Scorsese shall soon be released, is concerned with the deeply unsettling portrayal of a
