Editorials of Interest
Choose to Be Grateful. It Will Make You Happier. - NY Times
It is best to be emotionally authentic, right? Wrong. Building the best life does not require fealty to feelings in the name of authenticity, but rather rebelling against negative impulses and acting right even when we don't feel like it.
France's Catholic Revolution - Catholic World Report
Neocatholiques want to debate and critique reigning secular orthodoxies. They are, as Le Figaro put it, "afraid of nothing."
Introducing Atheists to God - Aleteia
We might talk about God in human images like "Father," "King" or "Creator," but at the foundation we refer to God as "Ipsum Esse Subsistens" or "the One Who Is Being Itself." What God Is and that God Is are identical.
Mary Always Present in the Church - Vultus Christi
The Son of Man will find faith on earth when He comes, and He will find it in the maternal and sorrowful Heart of His Mother, because she will remain faithful in the heart of the Church, even when all should fall away.
Secular Slums and the Francis Option - Zenit
Pope Francis' approach to carrying God's mercy to our post-Christian culture maintains a dual focus on outward mission and an inward strengthening of local communities.
The Deeper Meaning of Black Friday - The Atlantic
Christmas is about a particularly excessive gift — an ultimate gift, the gift of God's only son, whom the scriptures declare would sacrifice his life for all mankind. Excess is the origin story of Christmas, rendering Black Friday strangely compatible with the liturgy.
The World Doesn't Need Tinker Bell Catholicism - National Catholic Register
Do you remember that episode in Peter Pan when Tinker Bell is about to perish and all the children in the audience are asked to clap their hands if they believe in fairies?
The Off-the-Cuff and Out-of-Focus Papacy - Catholic World Report
Since chastising orthodox bishops at the conclusion of the Synod, Pope Francis has often resorted to scoldings, ambiguities, and mixed messages.
Hard Sayings about Terror - The Catholic Thing
We should be clear about one thing: the terrorists are cold-blooded murderers and their apocalyptic violence has very little to do with Western actions and a whole lot to do with perverse currents in Islam.
Spotlight Reveals Sexual Abuse, But Misrepresents a Good Man - Aleteia
In the digital age, character assassinations can be perceived as truth. This brief article hopes to stay that result, visited upon someone who appears as a character in the film Spotlight, about the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, and how it was uncovered by staffers at the Boston Globe.
How a Catholic Saved the Pilgrims at Thanksgiving - YouTube
Did you know that Thanksgiving may not have happened if a group a Franciscan monks had not rescued Squanto, the Native American who led the effort to help the starving Pilgrims, from the slave trade?
Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman and St. Justin Martyr, pray for us |