There are no better words, nor a better way to describe what we must do on earth to bring about God’s Kingdom of love, than
Part Five – Our Lady and Mystical Contemplation Everyone has experienced what it feels like to be captivated by a wonderous landscape or a gloriously
In John 3:14-15, Jesus prophesies about Himself saying, “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be
The concept of a human soul is difficult to grasp. The soul is not a material object. It is the God-given principle of life, united
I was a Catholic in my heart and spirit for more than a year before I was able to receive the sacraments. I was baptized
Continuing A Brief History of Christian Mystical Spirituality- Part VIII Before going to the Franciscan novitiate to try my vocation, I went on a grand
The relationship between faith and reason is a topic that has interested many thinkers in the Western Christian Tradition for centuries. Faith and reason represent
In last month’s column I set the stage for a series of columns analyzing and explaining the constitution of human nature from a Catholic philosophical
Thomas Aquinas’ Ways But on one particular day, she grabbed my full, locked-on attention. She was talking about St. Thomas Aquinas’ famous Five Logical Proofs
In a recent column, I discussed the definition of truth as “what is.” Truth is the equation of thought and thing. It is the conformity
