The Spirituality of the Fast

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This post was going to start out about the spirituality of fasting, as you may have guessed from the title. I hadn't put down the first ...

But Can I Be Peter?

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The readings today ( Third Sunday of Easter: Acts 5:27-32, 41-44; Ps 30; Rev 5:11-14; Jn 21:1-19 ) got me thinking on an old topic.  A few w...

God's Grace Has Got To Be Enough

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Later today I will be giving a talk to my parish's preconfirmation students.  I have thirty five minutes to tell them about the Blessed...

Introducing Mercy Fridays

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Starting today, I am going to try to produce material about mercy for Fridays, especially while we're still in Eastertide.  I will draw ...

My Apologies

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I had hoped to complete a piece about Mary and the Redemption by this past Saturday, as the final piece during Easter Week on the Resurrecti...

The Anchoress on the Pope and the Accusations

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One of the most intelligent, least bombastic people writing on the internet these days is the Anchoress , Elizabeth Scalia, who writes for F...

WSJ Points Out Problems in NYT's Reporting of Fr. Murphy and Cardinal Ratzinger

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Laurie Goodman of the NYT either deliberately or through incompetence bungled her story about how Cardinal Ratzinger supposedly exonerated F...

The Resurrection: Fridays in Eastertide

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So during this eight-days-in-one that we call the Easter octave, we've been reflecting about what the Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth,...

The Resurrection: Eyes on Jesus

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Excerpts from the gospel reading for the day is one of the most excellent: That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’ discip...

The Resurrection: Not Just for Jesus

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For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 1 Corinthians 15:52 An odd but often unconsi...

Easter: Notes on Its Historicity

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In honor of Easter, I am going to be posting a series of articles and excepts about the Resurrection of Our Blessed Lord Jesus Christ, and o...

The Empty Tomb and the Power of the Resurrection

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The deacon read this gospel passage at the Vigil last night at St. Matthew's Cathedral: Now after the sabbath, toward the dawn of the f...

I Am Judas

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Today is Holy Thursday, the Feast of the Lord's Supper, the Solemnity of the Betrayal of Judas.  If we contemplate sin seriously, it can...
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If You Are Feeling Weighed Down

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If you are Catholic, and trying to do it (i.e., be Catholic) well, and are paying attention, you probably feeling a little down about all th...
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The Brouhaha Over The Pope

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I might be the last to have heard about these events, but it has lately come to my attention that the Holy Father is himself being accused o...