That Other Side of Jesus

by Glenn T. Stanton

To preach God without acknowledging His wrath is to preach cheap grace and a manufactured Christ. Continue Reading »

26 Feb 2018

Conscience and Grace: A Lenten Meditation

by George Weigel

This Lent, examination of conscience should include some serious thinking about what “conscience” means. Continue Reading »

21 Feb 2018

Lenten Fasting Biohacks

by Kendall Vanderslice and Hal Koss

Silicon Valley engineers fast to overcome their human limits, but Christians fast to embrace their limitations with humility. Continue Reading »

14 Feb 2018

Pork Roll, Lent, and Catholic Identity

by George Weigel

Friday abstinence was once a defining mark of the practicing Catholic, and it ought to be again. Continue Reading »

14 Feb 2018

Waugh’s Helena, Father General, and the Reality of Revelation

by George Weigel

Evelyn Waugh’s slim and critically unappreciated novel, Helena, is, at bottom, an act of faith in the reality of revelation. Continue Reading »

29 Mar 2017

Christ in the Desert

by J. D. Flynn

On Saturday, I watched good friends carry a miniature white casket up the aisle of our parish church, to be laid before the altar for a funeral Mass. My friends have entered the season of Lent in a profound way. Continue Reading »

17 Mar 2017

A New Lenten Discipline

by George Weigel

For Lent 2016, I adopted a new Forty Days discipline in addition to intensified prayer, daily almsgiving, and letting my liver have its annual vacation: I quit sports talk radio, cold turkey. Continue Reading »

8 Mar 2017

A Lent to Remember

by George Weigel

There’s no better way to enter into the pilgrim character of the season that to participate in the 7 a.m. stational Mass led by the priest and students of the North American College. Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2017

After Great Lent

by Tim Markatos

Last Sunday Orthodox Christians around the world finally celebrated Pascha and proclaimed Christ risen from the dead. As in Western Christendom, Orthodox Easter is preceded by Holy Week—the liturgical pinnacle of the Orthodox Church. In this week of preparation and commemoration, our services, . . . . Continue Reading »

6 May 2016

A Community Pledged in the Spirit

by Russell E. Saltzman

Mulling my Lenten way through the Apostles’ Creed, I have come to see that in defining what we do not believe, we come to know better what we do believe. While the Creed positively summarizes what Christians believe, it equally fences out what we negatively do not believe. I have been walking the . . . . Continue Reading »

24 Mar 2016