Saint John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman was not without the witness and companionship of others in his own conversion.
Practical Remedies for Sadness
The first remedy is to take the ideas which cause sadness in us and make them concrete, analyze them, correct, and control them.
Start with How You Eat
"We can ask whether and to what extent our customs about eating are informed by insights into our nature. We can even ask whether and to what extent our customs about eating contribute to the perfection of our nature." - Leon Kass, The Hungry Soul
A Man's Fear about Being a Man
"If men could be contented to be what they are, there were no fear in marriage." - Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well
The Omen and Presage of the True Victory
A great number of men live and die without reflecting at all upon the state of things in which they find themselves.
The Four Deaths
All of us face multiple "deaths," even before we depart this life, and we'll do better if we willingly embrace them.
Coming to Yourself
"I must first know myself, as the Delphian inscription says…" - Socrates, in Plato's Phaedrus
Sigrid Undset — A Catholic Woman for Our Time
The gifted Norwegian writer Sigrid Undset, by any standard, was a most extraordinary person.
The Last Defense of Our Homes
"A time may come soon when … there will be need of valor without renown, for none shall remember the deeds that are done in the last defense of our homes.
Do Not Grumble: No Murmuring And No Complaining
"Do not grumble," St. Benedict tells his monks.