Lent is a time of abstinence, fasting, and almsgiving, in which we can release the baggage of the lesser goods that we have accrued. But it is more primarily and fundamentally a time of prayer and of growth in our attraction to the one goodness—Goodness Itself. It is somewhat ironic that Lent, the season in [...]
Friendship with Christ will only become perfect when we reach heaven where we will see him face to face. This life is a search for the face of God, since “now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am [...]
Should we be true to ourselves—or is this a meaningless cliche? In the great Hamlet, Polonius advises his son: “This above all—to thine own self be true” (I, 3). Oftentimes this kind of talk is used to justify the subjective view of reality that we truth-lovers oppose: “If I should just be me, then you have no business telling [...]
Who would have thought that so much philosophy could be found in such little poetry? Who would have thought that so much could be said in so few words? Next time you read Shakespeare, read carefully, and you may find more philosophy than first meets the eye. We have recently celebrated the feast of Corpus [...]
Through fear of pain, struggle, and of being ridiculed by others, most do not achieve the greatness that lies within their reach. If we turn to Christ and ask him for his magnanimity, he will grant us this crowning virtue and his own great strength to achieve it. Meditating on the Passion of Christ is [...]