by Pope Benedict XVI – “How do we speak to God in our times? How can we communicate the Gospel to open the way to its salvific truth?” The Holy Father offered an answer to these questions in his catechesis during today’s general audience, held in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall. “In Jesus of Nazareth”, … Read more
by Phil Manger – I should have known better than to expect anything like real history from The History Channel. With the notable exception of some of their reality series like Pawn Stars, American Restoration, and Ice Road Truckers — all three of which I admit (somewhat sheepishly) to watching and enjoying — their usual … Read more
by Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq. – “What is truth?” famously stated Pontius Pilate to Jesus who had proclaimed himself to be “the Truth.” (Cf. John 18:38; John 14:6). As an unbelieving pagan blind to the Incarnate Truth before him, the Roman procurator was oblivious of the irony in his words. Pilate, it should be noted, … Read more
by Bruce Bawer – The lights are going out all over Europe. The Christmas tree lights, that is. Not all of them all at once, mind you, but one at a time – one here, one there, one Christmas season after another. Just the other day, for example, came the news about a co-op apartment … Read more
by Fr. James Farfaglia – “Where shall the word be found, where shall the word Resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.” – T.S. Elliot In our last reflection we considered how essential it is for us to be open to God in order to receive the gift of contemplative prayer. Another essential ingredient … Read more
by Jordan Ballor – One of the complaints often rendered against the market economy is that it encourages selfish behavior. This picture of the marketplace is that of a kind of war of all against all, with each participant out only to maximize his or her own individual benefit. As American social gospel advocate Walter … Read more
by John Jalsevac – “The Democratic Party used to say [abortion] should be ‘safe, legal and rare,’” said Paul Ryan. “Now they support it without restriction and with taxpayer funding. Taxpayer funding in ObamaCare, taxpayer funding with foreign aid.” After the [vice-presidential] debate John McCormack of the Weekly Standard decided to press Obama officials on … Read more
by Paul Tripp – “But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord my refuge that I may tell of all your works” (Psalm 73:28). It is a grace to get it right, because so often I get it wrong. No, I don’t mean that I fall into gross … Read more
by Louie Verrecchio – In the days following last week’s U.S. presidential election, a staggering amount of analysis has been focused on Republican messaging, demographics and core constituencies, but it misses the most fundamental point entirely. If the Second Coming of Obama is evidence of anything it is the godlessness of a nation, the majority … Read more
by Jeffrey Folks – In an appearance at Royal Albert Hall on November 23, 1944, Winston Churchill spoke in honor of the American holiday of Thanksgiving. On that day, just as Hitler was about to unleash the desperate counterattack that became known as the Battle of the Bulge, Churchill declared that there had never before … Read more