New World From Water

by Peter J. Leithart

The new creation is signified by water because the first creation came through water. Continue Reading »

9 Apr 2021 0

Why the Words of Baptism Matter

by Matthew Hood

I was a priest for three years before I realized I had never been validly baptized.  Continue Reading »

3 Sep 2020 0

Rediscovering Eucharistic Amazement

by George Weigel

Being “amazed” by the Eucharist is probably not all that common these days. But Holy Mass should be all amazement, all the time. Continue Reading »

19 Aug 2020 0

Rediscovering Baptism in Plague-Time

by George Weigel

Baptism effects a fundamental change in who we are, what we can “see,” and what we must do. Continue Reading »

22 Apr 2020 0

What Is Baptism?

by Peter J. Leithart

Once we start thinking about baptism in the matrix between old and new, our horizon broadens. Continue Reading »

12 Mar 2020 0

Infant Baptism and the Logic of Liberalism

by Brandon McGinley

The logic of liberalism has seeped into the faithful’s understanding of God and his Church through every imaginable pore. Continue Reading »

14 Nov 2019 0

Baptizing the Spirit of the Age

by Matthew Lee Anderson

The new “Affirmation of Baptismal Faith” erodes the Church of England’s claim to bear witness to the one God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.  Continue Reading »

3 Jan 2019 0

The Crèche and the Gap

by George Weigel

“Mind the gap”—the ubiquitous instruction found on the London Underground—is also an accurate description of the drama of the Christian life. Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2017 0

The Right to Be Yourself?

by Douglas Farrow

If authentic naming or identifying is a strictly private, self-governed enterprise, what is there that is truly public? If my public persona is entirely under my control, and if I can die to my old self and rise to my new self any time I choose and in whatever manner I choose, and if indeed I am not to be burdened by my old “dead” name, as the Dean of Law says, in what sense is my persona public? Continue Reading »

9 Mar 2017 0

The Most Important Day of Your Life

by George Weigel

During talks around the country in recent years, I’ve been asking Catholic audiences how many of those present know the date of their baptism. The high-end response is a little under 10 percent. The average is about 2 to 3 percent. This, brethren, is a problem. You know your birthday. You know (or . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Apr 2016 0