RCIA: On Apologetics
--- What is apologetics, and how is it related to catechesis and evangelization?Apologetics sounds a bit like "apologize," and the two words do share a common root. Stated simply, apologetics means to...
View ArticleNatural Law and Natural Consequences
--- When I read books, I find that occasional passages jump out at me right away—and that oftentimes these passages, which strike me as initially interesting, seem to fade out of my memory. Other...
View ArticleOn Fear of the LORD
--- About a week or so ago, Monsignor Charles Pope wrote a reflection on Chesterton's adage that when we forget the big laws, we get the little laws. I have been musing on it ever since. The good...
View ArticleFear of the LORD and Freedom
--- The Baltimore Catechism tells us that "We receive the gift of the Fear of the Lord to fill us with a dread of sin" (Baltimore Catechism 2 Q178). Upon reading this passage of the Monsignor's post, I...
View ArticleMarriage, Holy Matrimony, and Catechesis
---In England, "gay marriage"is now officially legal though still not ontologically possible--which precipitates another round of posts about marriage and Holy Matrimony. Monsignor Charles pope wrote...
View ArticleMarriage, Holy Matrimony, and Hylemorphism
--- In my previous post, I discussed marriage, Holy Matrimony, catechesis, and the call of Catholic couples to live their marriage as a sacrament and a sign of contradiction. A part of that witness is...
View ArticleHappiness and Meaning
--- A colleague forwarded an article in The Atlantic about happiness, meaning, and health. The main thrust of the article--which is a sort of follow-up to an earlier article--is that having some...
View ArticleContemplata Tradere--The Hound of Heaven
--- Today is the feast of Saint Dominic, of whose order I am a lay member:Shades of gray, shadows of doubt! Things men ought to know in their hearts-- Explained away by trickery, subtlety: Subterfuge...
View ArticleGod, the Pope, Conscience, and Salvation
---"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." Sir Winston Churchill's comment is a pretty apt description of the media's "reporting" of news in general,...
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