Elizabeth Scalia
After Shock I wrote recently again about the neverending suffering of Haiti, and the remarkable resiliency of the people and the children who live in conditions unimaginable to the rest of us: The question is always “what can we do?” and the answer always feels a little hopeless; yes, by all means, we can and [...]
Joe Carter wrote earlier this week, about how Vogue has sexualized little girls to the extreme–and served up a platterful of fantasy for pedophiles–while intoning “innocence” and “playing dress up.” And in this picture, I can actually buy it: I’m not easily shocked, but now Deacon Greg links to a batch of these appalling pictures, [...]
Regular readers know that around this time each year I have been fortunate enough to have someone “pull a patron saint” – someone who will be a specific teacher and friend for the coming twelve months. My patron for 2010–you can see his picture in the sidebar–has been the great St. Philip Neri, of whom [...]
I very much like this piece by Pat Gohn: “Behold!” is one of my favorite words from the Bible. The wordsmith in me adores words that tickle my ears, words that are uncommon yet descriptive. Behold sounds somewhat archaic yet it still shows up in modern usage. Behold makes me perk up and pay attention. [...]
Emmanuel, God-With-Us… Emmanuel, born in Haiti the day after quake in which father died. He did not survive/Photo, “Missionary Ed” Stricken with some sort of bug, over here, and it has me under the weather and working at half-speed. But while I try to pull myself together, here is one of the best versions of [...]
Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate and the Managing Editor of the Catholic Portal at Patheos. She is a writer, speaker and a regularly-featured columnist at First Things and at The Catholic Answer. Look for her book, Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life to be released in 2013, via Ave Maria Press.
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