Rules of the Game
The Church is often cut down for having too many rules–or for having rules at all. Jesus came to set captives free; His true Church would never hold…
Faith Library
Category: Culture & Moral Life
Faithful witness in the modern world.
The 10 Commandments in the Modern World Part 5 – Do Not Kill
When it comes to this commandments, most people think of themselves as scot free regarding the fifth. “I never killed anyone!” And to be sure most of us…
A Hacked Epiphany
What was my welcome to 2017? My website was hacked the day before December 31! It was down for 5 days as I struggled with technology and an…
Driving the Good News
A few weeks ago I pondered some images for what some of the distortions of the Good News look like for many adult Catholics–including those who are the…
Catholic Pop Culture
As I have for the last two years I shall recall any good things from the popular culture that are harmonious or helpful to Catholic culture. There were…
Monseigneur Robert Hugh Benson, Novelist
A gifted novelist, essayist, and evangelizer, Robert Hugh Benson was born the youngest son of Edward White Benson and his wife Mary. Edward was an English Anglican priest.…
Talk About Heaven
As human beings, we seem hard wired toward sharing news when it’s great news. We enthusiastically communicate with others all the time when we have really good news…
Henry Edward Manning, Cardinal of Social Justice
Henry Cardinal Manning was one of those remarkable men and women of 19th century England who reversed the decline of Roman Catholicism and helped make the religion acceptable…
Book Review: Divine Renovation Guidebook
Our last book review covered a great “jump start” book, The Rebuilt Field Guide, one “that anyone can make it through, that any team can use to avoid…
The Proper Place of Politics
With the election tomorrow, people are very much concerned with the result. This is understandably so since whoever we elect will in effect not only be leader of…