I recently finished reading Pope John Paul II’s earlier work, Love and Responsibility. I knew it was a very important book, but in the time that I have been interested in the New Sexual Revolution, I had always been more excited to read the Theology of The Body. After finishing Love and Responsibility, I must […]
Archives for 2013
Many Parts, One Body: In Defense of Silent Worship
April 17, 2013 by
I hate to say it, but recently, for the first time ever, I left a retreat genuinely disappointed. I had some things on my heart, chief among them being unhappiness with my job. These are things for which I usually feel uplift and consolation during retreats. This time, it was different, but not because of the […]
First Knight: The Life and Legacy of Father Michael J. McGivney
April 12, 2013 by
Every now and then at Mass, the Knights of Columbus carry out a Fourth Degree Honor Guard. You may occasionally see guys wearing a Knights of Columbus t-shirt or a lapel pin on their jacket. In this, my first contribution to the Saints segment, I present their founder, Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney. He may not […]
Abortion: Why Pro-Life Men Have a Say
April 5, 2013 by
On Good Friday this year, I travelled to Columbia, Missouri to participate in a living Stations of the Cross outside the local Planned Parenthood and attend sidewalk counselors’ training shortly thereafter. Except for a 12-year-old boy who was with his mother, I was the only male there. After giving my introduction, the lady running the […]
The End Game of Gender-less Marriage
April 4, 2013 by
True story: Last month, there was a writers panel in Sydney, that addressed the topic of marriage. Titled tongue-in-cheek as “Why get married when you can be happy,” some of the participants tipped their cards rather tellingly on what the marriage re-definition issue is really about. The real winner of a quote comes from Masha […]
Gutenberg’s Contraption And The Nostrum of Sola Scriptura
April 4, 2013 by
At the end of the 15th century, mankind was hit with an invention that did more to shape culture, life and education over the next 500 years than any advancement prior, and arguably more than all other advancements combined. The printing press made the dissemination of information quick and easy, and relatively cheap. Book after […]
Pope Francis, President Obama, and Social Justice
March 30, 2013 by
With all the talk during the Conclave about a pope from the United States, I’m sure President Obama breathed a sigh of relief when that did not happen, especially since Timothy Cardinal Dolan had given him more than a few headaches about his unconstitutional (and unjust) contraceptive coverage mandate. I imagine he was also excited […]
Genderless Marriage and Arguments from Emotion
March 27, 2013 by
Maybe I’m just a sucker for a good analogy, but this piece by Doug Mainwaring really did a great job, in my opinion, of summing up the totality of the public discourse over the possibility of same-sex marriage. He begins: In our sometimes misguided efforts to expand our freedom, selfish adults have systematically dismantled that […]
The Unfitness of Ideas: Contraceptive Mentalities and Natural Selection
March 26, 2013 by
Before the Supreme Court this week will be the question of “same-sex marriage.” The potential for a Roe v. Wade category of decision making is certainly there: a decision that may echo in American discourse for the next few generations, much as Roe is still. A branch of the federal government, the SCOTUS, has […]
Contraception: An Equal or Greater Evil than Abortion?
March 25, 2013 by
Many people argue that abortion is the greatest evil in our society. I take a slightly different view. I believe that contraception is an equal, if not even greater, evil than abortion is. I say this because of all that has been unleashed since the pill was introduced in 1961 and legalized in 1965, everything from […]