Catholic Living

Coming Down the Mountain

At an early age, I started hearing the word gay used to describe me. I wasn’t sure what it meant the first time I heard it around kindergarten or first grade, but I could tell it wasn’t good.

434.25 Books Until I Die

Besides the final disposition of my soul, what is much on my mind is what I should be reading before I one day die.

The Starved Man Who Changed the World

Thirty-one years ago today, Venerable Aloysius Schwartz, one of the greatest forces for good for the humiliated, abandoned, and rejected in the history of the world, died like a poor man.

Overschooled and Undereducated

The purpose of schooling—which is not the same as education—is to encourage people to express confident platitudes, which they are pleased to call their opinions, about things they know nothing of.

The Splendor of Theology

When the truth and the life of the Catholic Thing coexist, the result will constitute nothing less than the splendor of theology itself.  

Take Hold of the Hope

Sins and scandals are piling up. Everything seems to be falling apart. Where is our hope? And how do we fix this?

A Case for Liturgical Crossover

This future in which traditional Catholics in their TLM-celebrating churches are separated from the rest of the faithful in diocesan parishes would be immensely harmful for all.

Imagining More Than a Career

I’d like my children to identify vocations (and perhaps professions) that will provide for their needs and give them some degree of personal fulfillment. But I would never tell them that their careers are the most important thing.

You Need to Fast More

Is modern man not cut out to fast? Should we only strive to achieve the Church’s very minimal standard of fasting?

Make Lent the Great Fast Again

Lent used to be a truly penitential time of the year for Catholics, but now we just talk about giving up chocolate or “fasting from judging.” How can Catholics reclaim Lent and make it truly a time to prepare for Easter?

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