One of the most dysfunctional ways that we form community is through the scapegoating mechanism.

From the moment Cain looks on Abel's excellent offering to God, disdaining both it and his younger brother (Gn 4:1-8), envy is born in the world.

In normal usage, an idealist is someone with a lofty vision, possibly naïve but always noble in spirit.

Father Paul Scalia delivers the homily at the funeral Mass of his father, Justice Antonin Scalia. 

Of the temptations to which our Lord allowed himself to be subjected, the most difficult to understand was the temptation to fly.

Bishop Hippolytus of Caesarea wrote down the oral traditions of the lives of the Twelve Apostles.

The Suburban Hermit is always enthusiastic about Lent.

Practical solutions for daily problems are impractical if they do not invite Christ into the soul.

Our recent snowstorm missed setting a record by just one-tenth of an inch, almost matching the blizzard of 2006.

When Lawrence "Yogi" Berra died last September at the age of ninety, he was remembered with true affection, not only for the kindness that wreathed his life, but also for his charming ways with the English language.