Psalms 42 and 43 are deeply intertwined and deeply moving passages of Scripture. There is one…
Month: November 2024
It’s All Real, and it’s Beautiful
I was raised Catholic; I was baptized, my family went to Mass on Sundays, and somewhere…
Peanuts: A Door to Self-Knowledge
From about fourth grade, I was exiled to the peanut-free lunch table. I was granted a…
Lighthouse of Discipline, Part 2
Without authority, men treat everything as an individual competition. Team playing does not enter the vernacular…
Diagnosing The Weeknd’s Fear of Death
As the leaves change colors, the lighthearted feelings of the summer turn sinister. Our society begins…
“Borges and I”: The Cultivation of Image and Artistic Creation
Jorge Luis Borges is one of the greatest authors of all time. Writing almost exclusively short…
Catholicism in Horror Movies
There is little overlap between contemporary Hollywood films and overt Catholicism. While there are plenty of…
The Church Against Freemasonry
The Freemasons are an elusive group when it comes to the modern field of strange and…
St. Martin’s Lent
The current precepts of the Catholic Church require the faithful to fast on two days each…
Why is November Dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory?
The month of November being dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory is a calling from…