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Forgiveness is a difficult topic for most of us, and it is usually focused on the pardon of those who have wronged us, whether maliciously or negligently. We don’t typically give much thought to that other forgiveness. Each of us knows the weight of our own sins, for regret can be a searing pain. What…
Once upon a time, Thanksgiving was for…thanksgiving. It was an occasion when that inchoate goo called “American civil religion” gelled long enough to admit that we should give thanks to God for the blessings encapsulated in New Jersey’s state motto: “liberty and prosperity.” Americans were grateful to live in a “free” country and to have…
The family unit is the foundation of a morally upright and virtuous society. However, the integral and well-ordered structure of the family is built upon more than secular means. The family is a holy framework of God’s sacramental love and a structural force against powers of evil. There is no dispute that for the last…
One of the all-time classic episodes of The Simpsons is “Deep Space Homer.” Aired in early 1994, amid questions of a post-Cold War space program, the episode sees Homer join an orbital mission as an “average-naut” in a NASA-sponsored scheme to boost the Space Shuttle’s popularity. While in orbit, Homer’s predictable incompetence leads to an…
Last year was the first year for this conference, which, by all appearances, is the only Latin Mass Mens conference in North America. Since the restoration will happen when good men stop being effeminate, this conference is important for American Christendom. I went to the first one last year and was happy to connect with…
Church Militant has released a statement that the board has asked Michael Voris to resign “for breaching the Church Militant morality clause.” Mr. Voris has released his own statement on Twitter in which he admits to avoiding his own past “ugliness,” and now he is repenting and stepping away from media to “face these demons.”…
Almost every Catholic knows that the Eucharist can be translated as “thanksgiving” or “to give thanks.” During the week that Americans celebrate the national holiday of Thanksgiving, it is important to highlight what it actually means to show gratitude and how the Church must be most grateful for the Lord’s Presence in the Eucharist. One…
One day, when I was a senior in high school, I went into the lavatory and was followed by a junior whose name I knew, though I didn’t know anything else about him. He was a quiet sort. As I was washing my hands, he approached me and asked me if I would like—something the…
An Excerpt from Vladimir Solovyov, Russia and the Universal Church, trans. Rees (London: Centenary Press, 1948), 96-98. It was not Simon’s apostleship that involved his change of name, for the change, though already predicted, was not made at the time of the choice and solemn sending forth of the Twelve. All with the single…
In a little book written a couple of years after the 1992 release of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, then Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, recalled a postcard he had received from his great friend and mentor Hans Urs von Balthasar. The message on the card…
