I remember 9/11 like it was yesterday, despite the passage of 23 years. I remember how kind we all were to one another for a fleeting few months—in stores, at work, in school, at home, on the road. I remember how we remembered God for an all too fleeting moment. I remember the

ST. AUGUSTINE: DO NOT DESPAIR—HERETICS AND SCHISMATICS CAN BECOME CATHOLIC BEFORE DEATH “For we are not to despair of anyone so long as ‘the patience of God leads the ungodly to repentance,’ and does not hurry him out of this life, ‘God, who wills not the death of a sinner, but

ST. AUGUSTINE: HERETICS AND SCHISMATICS CAN HAVE “A FORM OF GODLINESS,” BUT WILL LACK TRUE GODLINESS UNLESS THEY COME INTO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH St. Augustine explains how OBJECTIVELY, heretics and schismatics—even when they have the outward appearance of the sacraments (such as

“[It is] he who speaks a word against the Holy Spirit who with an impenitent heart resists the Unity of the Church, where in the Holy Spirit is given the remission of sins.” St. Augustine, “Sermon 21” (§36)

I realized, as a protestant, that we had no principled way to distinguish dogma from opinion. In other words, we had no principled way to say what the “essentials” of Christianity were beyond our own personal or denominational opinions. Which is another way of saying we could

“In order that man might eat Angel’s Bread, the Lord of Angels became Man. This is our Salvation, the Medicine of the infirm, the Food of the whole.” St. Augustine, “Sermon 76” (§6)

“Our hope, brethren, is not of this present time, nor of this world, nor in that happiness whereby men are blinded that forget God. This ought we above all things to know, and in a Christian heart hold fast, that we were not made Christians for the good things of the present

Please help if you can! Thank you. 🙏🏼 Clinton Benge, a devoted Catholic husband, father, and grandfather, is facing the fight of his life against aggressive, life-threatening cancer. After years of remission, the disease has returned, and Clinton and his family urgently need

To be fair, large swathes of the Catholic Church have indeed been hijacked by liberalism. But the Church’s teaching has nonetheless remained constant. I think the reason is simple: apostolic succession, and the Petrine office, matter. Even without the Pope, those churches that

We are far closer to the brink than many people realize.

The Gospel is so much better than “you’re forgiven.” The Gospel is also “become a Temple of the Holy Spirit, and sin no more.” “Yield not your members [of your body] instruments of iniquity unto sin. God has given you power by His Spirit to restrain your members.” St.

In Scripture, Peter is both the Chief Apostle, and the most scandalous one. “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so

A beautiful, jarring documentary about that horrible day. I was in 8th grade that day. I remember it vividly. It’s amazing how the emotion of it all still hasn’t gone away. The 23 years are as nothing when you see the old footage, and hear both the familiar and new stories.

As just punishment, divine providence permits us to follow out the logic of the sins and errors to which we are attached. Hence, in Church and state, though we are not getting the leaders we actually need, we are getting the leaders we actually deserve. My God have mercy on us.

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WILL BE SEVERELY WEAKENED PRIOR TO THE APPEARANCE OF ANTICHRIST I have reminded people often over a number of years that the Church has quite consistently taught that prior to the advent of Antichrist, its earthly condition will be the worst it has been. The

I oftentimes wonder if we would experience the unity and common purpose we witnessed (even briefly) after 9/11 if a similar tragedy took place again. I am saddened by how uncertain I am.