I heard about the book, Return To Order-Where We’ve Been, How We Got Here, and Where We Need to Go-From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society” by John Horvat II, over a year ago and ordered it. As I…
What Our Country Needs: “Return To Order” by John Horvat II
Murderer!
The devil is in the details some say. When you see the title of this piece, pay closer attention because it refers to YOU, yes you! I’m not really a gambler, but I’d bet with pretty good odds that the…
Review: St. Thomas Aquinas for Everyone
“St. Thomas is the greatest doctor of the Church,” author Dave Palmer said, “and I assert that children can be taught his basic philosophy, as I do with my 11- and 7-year olds.” Let’s Go Find God is the enticing…
Fan, Follower, and Beyond
Are you a fan or a follower? Quite a few Christian preachers and teachers (including Catholic ones) have used these images as the basis for helping us move beyond merely liking Jesus, to actually following Him. And that’s a good…
Mustard Seed Faith
Sunday Readings for October 2, 2016 We all admire the heroes of faith like St. Francis (feast day, October 4). Absolutely nothing stopped him in his pursuit of God’s glory. When, during the Crusades, he was captured by the Saracens,…
How Do We Come To The Wedding Feast
Recently I spoke with a friend about spiritual matters, and one of the concepts we discussed was simplicity. Simplicity in thought, word and deed, as well as simplicity in lifestyle. One of the passages that came up was “Come now,…
Begin with the backstory
Next year, I suspect there will be a lot of people talking about the one hundredth anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Fatima. That is because what happened there is so extraordinary. Beginning on May 13,…
The Lost Art of Humility
Editor’s note: This is a reprint from 2012, but still so true! One of the hardest Christian virtues for me to master is humility. It seems the more I try to do it “my way,” the more lost I become. God…
Protecting our Addictions
Sunday Readings for September 25, 2016, the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Temperance. For older American, that word conjures up images of Carrie Nation shattering bottles of gin to usher in Prohibition.But the word temperance does not mean abstinence from…
Spiritual Combat – A Primer
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty to God unto the pulling down of fortifications, destroying counsels, And every height that exhalteth itself…