With Finals Looming…Who Is the Patron Saint of Studying?
I can offer three who would be good to pray with: 1) St. Thomas Aquinas — the official patron of scholars and a doctor of…
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The Problem of Evil
In my late 20s, I began manifesting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I had been attacked twice at knifepoint as a child and was…
The proper effect of the Eucharist is the transformation of man into God. — St. Thomas Aquinas
Ponder the gift of the Eucharist that we have as Catholics and how it can transform our lives.
Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not at hand. — St. Thomas Aquinas
Think about someone whose faith you admire and speak with them today.
Is There a Masculinity Crisis in the Church?
In the July/August issue of The Atlantic, Hanna Rosin asks if “The End of Men” is upon us. She argues women — with increasingly greater…
What Works: Radical Honesty
I always considered myself honest, and I had a lot of pride attached to that. I had a boss once who would stare you in…
Someone told me that if a baby dies before being baptized, the baby goes to hell. Is this true?
I’m happy to assure you that the Catholic Church has never taught that unbaptized babies go to hell. In fact, such a belief was explicitly…
Can you give me an explanation of transubstantiation? I don’t get it and would be appreciative if you could explain why I should believe this?
Transubstantiation is a teaching of the Church that developed from the 10th the 13th century as a way of explaining how the bread and wine…
