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For this mighty Feast of Pentecost we first scrabble after some context to enrich our participation. The sacred liturgical celebration of the mysteries of our salvation make us present to them and them to us. Sacramental reality is not inferior to sensible reality. Indeed, it embraces and elevates it and us, it transforms us. In…
In modern society, where the word ‘love’ is spewed so frequently and with broad meaning, it is appropriate to question its sincerity and fruitfulness. There is no doubt that the definition of love is far deeper than our secular world projects and it encompasses a higher purpose than feelings and emotions. This is evident in…
The patriotic song “Flower of Scotland” has become so popular that it is considered by many to be Scotland’s unofficial national anthem. Although it was written as recently as the 1960s, the song was inspired by the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, at which a Scottish army under Robert the Bruce defeated an English army…
Harrison Butker’s commencement speech at Benedictine College has certainly caught the attention of many. And while it’s not surprising that the secular media is proclaiming his speech as “ugly,” many Catholics are also up in arms, stating that he represents a dangerous “new face” of Catholicism, or is wildly out of touch, calling us to…
Well, the latest shoot-from-the-hip blast from Tucho “Heal Me with Your Mouth” Fernández dropped today, and I had the sad impression that the anti-Catholic caricature of Dostoyevsky’s Grand Inquisitor had finally come to life. In the story, Our Lord Jesus Himself appears in Spain in the days of High Christendom and works a miracle. He’s…
Above: American politicians march against antisemitism on November 14, 2023. Image credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AP. When the House of Representatives voted 320 to 91 last week in support of the Antisemitism Awareness Act, with only 21 Republicans opposing the bill, the dumbfounded reaction of conservative commentators shows that they didn’t listen carefully to Candace Owens’ recent…
When does personhood begin? In a recent online debate on abortion, Steven Bonnell (known online as “Destiny”), a prominent liberal influencer, posited that personhood begins “between that 20-28 week point whenever the…structures of the brain are all in place and they begin to communicate with each other such that you would have some conscious experience.”…
How I wish I had the legal muscle of Bishop Robert Barron, who has sent not one but two legal threat letters to Commonweal because midwit Massimo Faggioli said Barron was a part of what he calls the “Trump-Strickland Axis,” whatever that is. Commonweal removed the offending paragraph of this nonsensical piece and, in its…
Three-time Super Bowl Champion Harrison Butker is the latest target of the Woke Mob. His offense? Butker, a Catholic, spoke about Catholicism at a Catholic school’s graduation ceremonies. Clearly he now must be canceled. Of course it’s more complicated than that. Butker specifically spoke of those aspects of Catholicism that we’re not supposed to talk…
Above: a Texas Renaissance Festival battle. As readers are aware, last month Dignitas infinita was published. I do not wish to enter into a systematic critique, which Edward Feser, Jeanne Smits, and Peter Kwasniewski have already done very well. Rather, today I want to look at the method, the aftermath, the grounds (for that aftermath),…
