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June 2020

June 18, 2020
“I can’t breathe.” George Floyd, in saying these words, spoke for all of us. “I...
June 17, 2020
God, who is all good, established his creation so that he could share that goodness...
June 15, 2020
The prophet Amos, a goatherd touched by the spirit of God, felt God’s pathos as...
June 14, 2020
While Elijah is more famous than his successor, Elisha, we must remember that Scripture indicates...
June 11, 2020
At the Angelus on June 7, 2020, Pope Francis rejoiced in the fact that Italy...
June 10, 2020
There are many goods, many virtues which we can seek after in our lives. But...
June 08, 2020
St. John of Karpathos reminded his readers, who, because they could read, were among the...
June 07, 2020
We read in the Psalms of God’s greatness. He is to be understood as being...
June 03, 2020
JR.R. Tolkien, in his letters, talks about the way one of his readers thought Frodo...
June 02, 2020
Economics should serve humanity, not humanity, economics. Those with economic privilege, those who have accumulated...

May 2020

May 31, 2020
During the Feast of Booths, Jesus promised his followers that he gives to him the...
May 29, 2020
Christians must reject all forms of racism, for, as St. John Paul II declared, “Racism...
May 28, 2020
“The virtuous may appear to be bad, but essentially they are good; superficially, the self-important...
May 26, 2020
S.L. Frank, writing about society, suggests individuals cannot exist independent from society as they are...
May 24, 2020
The First Ecumenical Council, the Council of Nicea in 325 CE, became understood as an...
May 22, 2020
Sergius Bulgakov, for a period of his life, considered himself to be a Marxist, but...
May 21, 2020
The final part of Christ’s earthly ministry was not his resurrection from the dead but...
May 18, 2020
St. Diadochos of Photiki, a bishop-ascetic who participated in the Council of Chalcedon, began his...
May 17, 2020
When Jesus encountered a man who was born blind, his disciples asked him why the...
May 15, 2020
Pope St. Paul VI, in Octogesima Adveniens, spoke against racial injustice: Among the victims of...
May 14, 2020
Wisdom, according to the Psalmist, is at the foundation of creation: “O LORD, how manifold...
May 12, 2020
In his address to the Pontifical Academy of Science in 1996, Pope St. John Paul...
May 10, 2020
In the Byzantine Calendar, the fifth Sunday of the Paschal Season (or the fourth Sunday...
May 08, 2020
Those who are self-righteous, those who are so self-absorbed in their own ideas of righteousness...
May 07, 2020
Despite the fact that COVID-19 continues to be a major threat to the United States,...
May 05, 2020
Sacred Scripture is made up of those texts which hold a central place in representing...
May 03, 2020
Patience. For many of us, as we are used to getting most of what we...
May 01, 2020
When disease strikes, we deal with it as is needed. It affects our lives. We...

April 2020

April 29, 2020
Trying to slow the spread of COVID-19 to manageable levels has brought much of the...
April 27, 2020
In the so-called Apostolic Constitutions, probably written in late 4th century Syria, we read not only...
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