Jesus the Holy Fool
by Hans BoersmaMark’s Gospel is the Gospel of Jesus the Fool. Mark’s Gospel confronts us with Jesus’s folly in at least two ways: the folly of retreat and the folly of humility. Continue Reading »
A Reminder of Ultimate Realities
by Jacquelyn LeeThe intellectual formation provided by these pages has prepared me to commit myself to living according to a set of ideals ordered toward the highest good. Continue Reading »
What We’ve Been Reading—March 2021
by EditorsOur editors reflect on their latest reads. Continue Reading »
They Did Nothing But Pray
by Eduard HabsburgThe forced closures of Austrian religious houses struck at the country's Catholic roots. Continue Reading »
Grace Under Pressure
by George WeigelThe story of Abbot Thomas Frerking, OSB, deserves to be better known. Continue Reading »
Bonhoeffer at Ettal: Advent 1940
by Timothy GeorgeIn dark days near the beginning of World War II, Bonhoeffer, the famed Protestant theologian, found himself living in a Catholic community. Bonhoeffer found spiritual nourishment at Ettal in the daily rhythms of Scripture, prayer, silence, and song. Continue Reading »
A Monastic Vice for the Internet Age
by Luís Pinto de SáThe Italian author Umberto Eco belonged to a rare breed—a medievalist of encyclopedic erudition, a creative philosopher and a talented novelist. Prompted by his recent death, Eco’s first novel, The Name of the Rose, has resurfaced in bookstands everywhere. The novel is a murder mystery set . . . . Continue Reading »
Two Days on a Holy Mountain
by Wesley J. SmithA few months ago, my wife noticed that (to borrow from Wordsworth) the world was too much with me. We talked a bit about my malaise, and she said: “You need to go to a monastery.” Continue Reading »
The Dominican Option
by C. C. PecknoldThere’s been a long conversation in America about the degree to which Catholic Christianity is compatible with liberalism. From the beginning of the American founding, bishops and theologians claimed that for all the flaws of liberal political philosophy, the American founders “built better than they knew.” And yet Pope Leo XIII could warn Cardinal Gibbons to avoid the errors of an “Americanism,” which would distort the teaching of the Church on the proper relationship between politics and the church. Continue Reading »
The New Monasticism Gets Older
by Greg PetersNearly ten years ago, Christianity Today highlighted the emergence of “the new monastics,” referring to them as an “intentional community” of “new friars.” The September 2005 article traced the birth of the new monasticism to a conference in June 2004 where participants drew up a . . . . Continue Reading »
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