So much for not advertising! In all seriousness, I’ve been working on this book since December and I’m eager, excited, and relieved to have finally finished it. I am especially happy to share the news with you here, at Vox Nova, where all of the work was initially drafted. If you would like to buy the book, I would ask that you purchase it from Createspace, if you don’t mind. It will also be available on Amazon very soon and... Read more
Every age has their own spiritual deficiencies. The present age with its unseemly promotion of individualism is quickly overcome with the sin of pride, a pride which has brought so many people to spiritual delusion (prelest). We have been given great access to the knowledge and wisdom of the ages, but with our pride, we do not know how to access it and apply it for our own spiritual edification. We want to know and then show off what we... Read more
“We have acclimated ourselves to protracted warfare as a national way of life. Meanwhile a majority of Americans remain insulated from the real costs, sacrifices and moral hazards of waging war, a luxury the children of Iraq and Afghanistan do not have. Can our hope be a Christian hope if it does not include them? Precisely whose dead will compel us to remember and to cry out for an end to violence, for a renewed foreign policy that lays the... Read more
A blogger recently made a global move back to the United States. He went to his parish on Sunday, and upon returning commenced the debate of where he was going to church next week. Being the nice guy I am, I told him he should go to his territorial parish and live with it. I pointed out that the charm of community was not finding like minded people, but finding real people with idiosyncrasies. Of course the odd thing was... Read more
A few years ago, I agreed to go on a Polish walking pilgrimage from somewhere in New Jersey to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The distance was 70 miles, the duration three days, and the plan was to arrive at the Shrine for Mass on the Feast of the Assumption, August 15. Overnights were to be spent in tents in state parks and other available ground, with food and personal facilities supplied by a... Read more
We are given a wealth of devotions in the church, and each of them can and do much good for those who practice them. The rosary, the Jesus prayer, eucharistic adoration, icon corners, novenas, chaplets, scapulars and the like are all wonderful and capable of helping devout souls attain salvation. If it is good for you, do it. However, one of the worst things to do is to universalize one’s own private devotions and to think something less of those... Read more
You know the old joke about the masturbation study: 99% do; 1% lie? Apparently that study was done on contemporary North American university students: WEIRD masturbation habits. Brett Salkeld is a doctoral student in theology at Regis College in Toronto. He is a father of two (so far) and husband of one. He is the co-author of How Far Can We Go? A Catholic Guide to Sex and Dating. Read more
“Which Side Area You On?” by Florence Reese Come all you poor workers, good news to you I’ll tell, How the good old union has come in here to dwell. Which side are you on, which side are you on? We’re starting our good battle, we know we’re sure to win. Because we got the gun thugs lookin’ pretty thin. Which side are you on, which side are you on? You go to Harlan County, there is no neutral there.... Read more
Introduction and Part II “If those who worshiped idols knew and understood in their hearts what they worship, they would not be beguiled away from true reverence. Instead, seeing the beauty, order and divine providence of what God has made and is making, they would have acknowledged Him who created all this for man.”[1] (more…) Read more
These three YouTube videos reveal, in a striking sort of way, the spirit of the Church’s position on capitalism, by engaging with Michael Moore’s documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story. Here’s the quiz, good luck! (more…) Read more
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