The Brussels Attacks: Our pain and rage are immense, but we need reason and understanding more than ever
‘If you read the “biographies” of the Charlie Hebdo, the Bataclan, and the Brussels attackers, one similar fact keeps popping
Make America Meek Again: The Legacy of St. Gregory the Great
‘On the anniversary of his death, the greatness of this champion of the Church provides weighty meditation material for American
'The Trees,' by Philip Larkin
“The trees are coming into leaf
Like something almost being said;
The recent buds relax and spread,
Their greenness is
Some Berry
“Condemnation by category is the lowest form of hatred, for it is cold-hearted and abstract, lacking even the courage
Oscar Romero on critical and active Christians
The great need today is for Christians who are active and critical, who don’t accept situations without analysing them
Anna Kamienska
“Why do I need these landscapes? The image of the sea draws me out of myself, forces all my attention
Lent in the Age of the Smartphone
An important reflection by my friend Marc Barnes:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2016/02/lent-in-the-age-
Of Saints and Humorists
It is not without significance that the real saints of history, as distinguished from morbid, self-flagellating ascetics, have a
"How different life looks when God has carried us"
Faith in the Cross of Calvary is faith in a God who is with humankind right down to the cellar
Flannery to 'A'
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally. A higher paradox confounds emotion as well
