Augustine’s “City of God”: The First Culture War

By |2023-08-27T13:19:28-05:00August 27th, 2023|Categories: Christianity, Civil Society, Culture War, Love, Paul Krause, Rome, Senior Contributors, St. Augustine, Timeless Essays|

In “The City of God,” Augustine systematically lays bare the empty ideology of the city of man and the Roman empire in a breathtaking counter-narrative that remains remarkably modern and relevant for today. In contrast to the city of man, the City of Love, Augustine argues, is the godly city to which Christians belong and [...]

The Sacrificial Love of Saint Maximilian Kolbe

By |2023-08-13T16:57:49-05:00August 13th, 2023|Categories: Bradley J. Birzer, Catholicism, Christianity, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Timeless Essays|

As the man pleaded his case, Father Maximilian Kolbe came forward and offered his life for the one pleading. The German commandant of Auschwitz—probably rather shocked—agreed, and Kolbe, with nine others, stripped naked and entered the 3-foot high concrete bunker. As Hillsdale students approach my desk on the fourth floor of Delp Hall, several things [...]

Peace in Unprecedented Times

By |2023-08-08T14:58:30-05:00August 8th, 2023|Categories: Catholicism, Christianity, Sainthood, St. Dominic|

Saint Dominic is a perfect saint for our unprecedented and challenging times. His spiritual joy and his radical trust in Divine Providence are two antidotes to our modern ailments of anxiety and fear of the future. St. Dominic stands as an example to achieve peace in unprecedented times. “Thank you for your patience during these unprecedented times.” Produce [...]

Ecology in Light of Integral Human Development

By |2023-07-30T21:45:26-05:00July 30th, 2023|Categories: Caritas in Veritate, Catholicism, Communio, Conservation, David L. Schindler, Environmentalism, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Romano Guardini, St. John Paul II, Timeless Essays|

Every being is good because it is created. To be created is to be loved into existence by God. Every creature is thus good in itself, both because it is loved by God and because, as a participant in this love of God for it, each creature also loves itself. Because all creatures share in [...]

The Domestic Monastery: The Rule of Saint Benedict

By |2023-08-19T09:35:26-05:00July 10th, 2023|Categories: Books, Catholicism, Character, Christianity, Dwight Longenecker, Senior Contributors, St. Benedict|

Whatever a person’s place in life, Saint Benedict offers a “little Rule for beginners.” The principles of the spiritual life which he sets down put us down firmly in life right where we are. By paralleling family and monastery, today’s reader can glean simple yet practical wisdom for, as well as extraordinary insight into, the [...]

St. John Fisher, St. Thomas More, & the Tudor Terror

By |2023-06-21T16:02:27-05:00June 21st, 2023|Categories: Books, Catholicism, Christianity, Joseph Pearce, Sainthood, Senior Contributors, St. John Fisher, St. Thomas More, Timeless Essays|

The final word on the legacy of John Fisher and Thomas More, and the final judgment (under God) on why we should see them as heroes, is given by G. K. Chesterton, a man who proves in his very self that the killing of More and Fisher did not kill learning, laughter or holiness: "There [...]

The Priority of Peace & the Problem of Power

By |2023-07-30T11:13:04-05:00June 12th, 2023|Categories: Catholicism, Christianity, New Polity, Politics, St. Thomas Aquinas, War|

As the father guides the son deeper into virtue through the son’s obedience, through his good inclinations, his particular instantiation of the virtues, so the prince serves as a father to the city itself. The collapse of liberal moral and political order has led to a welcome revival in Catholic political thought. This revival, however, [...]

The​ ​Shattered​ ​Image of the Thirteenth Century​

By |2023-05-14T15:53:05-05:00May 14th, 2023|Categories: Art, Christianity, Culture, History, Science, St. Thomas Aquinas, Timeless Essays|

We did not discard most of the image of reality from the Middle Ages. The lovely whole image was smashed like stained glass under the hammer of zealots, but later people recovered fragments and used them to create the world in which we live. C.S. Lewis wrote a book of profound scholarship, The Discarded Image, [...]

The Harrowing of Hell

By |2023-04-07T20:13:30-05:00April 7th, 2023|Categories: Catholicism, Christianity, Easter, Gospel Reflection, Hope, St. Thomas Aquinas, Timeless Essays|

Christ descended into hell to deliver His loved ones from their exile. He came to reward those who, from our first father, Adam, to His own foster-father, St. Joseph, had fought the good fight and had finished the race. The second reading from the Office of Readings for Holy Saturday is taken from an ancient homily on Christ’s [...]

God’s Suffering Shepherds

By |2023-03-18T17:27:58-05:00March 17th, 2023|Categories: Catholicism, Christianity, Lent, Saint Patrick, Sainthood|

Here in the midst of Lent, let us learn from St. Patrick and take up our own crosses—especially those imposed upon us by circumstance—and follow the Good Shepherd. Let us draw near to Calvary, never shirking our burdens but always looking to Christ for aid. May we, through the intercession of St. Patrick, become true [...]

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