The Secret Weapon to End the Crisis in the Church (Guest: David Torkington)
We all are frustrated with the crisis in today’s Church, but what can we do about it? Our guest today will answer that question.
Of “Healing Priests” and Other Strange Intrusions
What is absent in enthusiasm is a humility before the example of the saints, who never prayed with external display or manic delirium but always with a calm and chastened manner.
The Ashes of Valentine
Since Valentine’s Day lands on the same day as Ash Wednesday this year, it is an invitation to consider what these two days have in common.
Ashes to Go
The distribution of ashes in the context of the liturgy points to the deep union of liturgy with all sacramental life, including blessings.
Let Children Aim High This Lent
We should see our children’s youth not as a hindrance to bold acts of love, but as an asset.
The Good News About Fasting
This Lent, let us prepare in body, mind, and spirit and seek grudging acceptance of a holistically life-giving relationship with the virtue of fasting.
A Radical “Third Way” of Catholic Discipleship (Guest: Rob Marco)
Are traditional Catholics too insular? Do they focus too much on the liturgy at the expense of evangelization and the works of mercy? Our guest today will challenge us with what he says is a “third way” that encompasses the “both/and” of Catholic discipleship.
“I Made a Promise to God”
Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J. has made available a stream of wise and beautiful books for countless Catholics.
Empathy for the Devil?
Having consigned reason to that impoverished realm of human experience that can be subjected to controlled experiments and the quantification of their results, we are left with no basis upon which to make moral judgments except for feelings.
How 26 Men and Boys Conquered a King
St. Paul Miki and his companions rejoiced at the news that they were to die for Christ.
A Wearying Pontificate Nears Its End
I think I speak for a lot of Catholics when I say that the whole circus surrounding Pope Francis has become wearisome.
Our Besetting Sins: Outrage and Adulation
Our obsession with personality masks the fact of our powerlessness.
A Phony Education
Wyoming Catholic College’s entirely cell-phone-free school year is directly ordered to freeing young people from a phony education.
Lenten Devotions in the Home (Guest: Suzan Sammons)
Eric Sammons is joined by his wife Suzan to talk about growing up as a cradle Catholic, how they met, and her new book on Lent.
Mary Wasn’t a Postpartum Pageant Queen
The traditional “churching” period of 40 days safeguards what is for many an intimate time of physical and emotional complexity, recovery, and growth.
A Plea for Parishes
The spiritual life of the ordinary Catholic in America is fed by the ordinary Catholic parish in America. What nourishes the life of that parish?
Augustine’s Problem Is Our Problem
Christianity is not a philosophical abstraction, filled only with interesting ideas. It revolves around a Person who must be embraced.
Hellfire is Realer Than Real
To believe the sophistry that belief in a fiery Hell or a monstrous demon is irrational or unfitting of a reasonable Christian is the height of demonic pride.
Is Abstaining From Voting Sinful?
The cynicism that skepticism about the integrity of the political system should make us absent ourselves from the process can’t be the answer.
The Whole Point Is the Hidden Point
In response to the suggestion that political corruption and gerrymandering have made civic participation pointless, Catholics should remember that the greatest points are often hidden in pointlessness.