This year, Sunday, December 1, marks the beginning of Advent, the beginning of the liturgical year.
In his book, The Catholic’s Manual, Fr. Tilmann Pesch , S.J. writes: “As the real coming of Christ was preceded by a time of preparation, so the feast...
November marks the end of the liturgical year, and the time during which the Church turns our minds toward the Last Things, that is: Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell. On Friday, November 1, we celebrate All Saints, and honor those whom during life l...
Many of us know of someone who has committed suicide. According to the National Center for Health age-adjusted suicide rate in the United States increased 33% from 1999-2017. Among those aged 10-34, it is the second leading cause of death after unint...
It is not uncommon for the meanings of words to change over time. The word “feminist” is one such word. It once meant “one who advocated women having the same political, social and economic rights as men.” Then a split occurred: Some feminists reg...
“The level of any civilization is the level of its womanhood… When a man loves a woman, it follows that the nobler the woman the nobler the love, the higher the demands by the woman, the more worthy a man must be. That is why a woman is the measure...
George Washington, in his Farewell Address, dispensed advice which he thought would be forever useful in ensuring the endurance and longevity of the recently founded republic of the United States. Below are a few quotes from this speech:
This past April 17, Fr. James Schall, one of the great Jesuits of our time, passed away at the age of 91. We haven’t featured him much on the station simply because there are not a lot of video materials available. But it would be remiss not to rem...
The late Fr. John Hardon, S.J., defined “truth” as “the conformity of the mind with reality.” One would think that this would be a pretty non-controversial statement, but there are many who believe that truth doesn’t exist, or that it is unknowable,...
In the book of Genesis, the story of creation starts with the words “In the beginning, God created… and on the seventh day, He rested.” In a sense, creation was “over,” but in another, it was not, because every time a man and a woman beget a child,...
St. Ignatius of Loyola, in his Spiritual Exercises, wrote that “Man is created to praise, reverence, and serve God, our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.” The season of Lent helps us remember that Heaven is our goal, and our time on earth a...