Judgment in the midst of the storm
On March 31 of this year, shortly after 2 pm local time, an EF 3 tornado ripped through the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, cutting a path of destruction that also affected the communities of […]
On March 31 of this year, shortly after 2 pm local time, an EF 3 tornado ripped through the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, cutting a path of destruction that also affected the communities of […]
Christ famously taught: “Judge not, that you be not judged” (Matthew 7:1). As Aquinas points out, Christ by no means intended to rule out all judgments about another person’s actions or character. Rather, he was […]
Nancy Pelosi, the radically pro-abortion Speaker of the House, is barred from communion. After the announcement by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco, the internet lit up with complaints that was contrary to the […]
Hell is often depicted in Christian art as a place of unspeakable physical torments where the unrepentant sinner receives his or her just punishments for various moral perfidies and offenses against the law of God. […]
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it has been hard to resist the lust for justice. Putin’s brutal tactics, along with the pathos of his victims and the courage of Ukrainian resistance, all shared online […]
We will never be adequately prepared for the coming of the Savior unless and until we feel in our bones that there is something we need to be saved from. If we don’t require salvation, […]
Editor’s note: The following homily was preached by the Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., First Sunday of Advent (December 1, 2019), at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan. Today we begin a […]
This year, with crisis boiling over and the weakness of clerical and hierarchical leadership daily on unseemly and discouraging display: with Christians around the world facing real, violent, and sometimes bloody persecution; with amity and […]
“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves.” —Luke 21:25 Mass shootings. Destructive […]
“Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake; some shall live forever, others shall be an everlasting horror and disgrace.” —Daniel 12:2, from the First Reading for the Thirty-third Sunday […]
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