Monitors will increase until morale improves

Just sublime. "Ere by the spheres time was created, thou Wast in his mind, who is thy son, and brother, Whom thou conceiv'st, conceived; yea thou art now Thy maker's maker, and thy father's mother, Thou' hast light in dark; and shutt'st in little room, Immensity cloistered in

Nᴀᴛᴇ ⚓️ and any others who I think would be good on this: Can you point me to some online resources that a describe a classic Christian definition of virtue and vice?

"Prayer is the unifying force [of theology] since prayer is indissociable from the Holy Spirit of unity, harmony and wholeness." (Fr Martin Thornton, The Function of Theology, chap. 2)

The big temptation of our age is the temptation to let your brain become mush. Read daily. Write your own words. Shun the machines that promise to do your thinking for you. Ten years from now when millions are suffering cognitive decline, you’ll be glad you kept your mind sharp.

I listened to Francis Chan’s recent conversation with Lecrae and was reminded what Christian sincerity and humility looks like. His love for Jesus is infectious.

I’ve been married a long time but the vibe I get is that this is what dating is like right now? Am I reading things right?

The important conversations my wife and I have.

You can consistently encounter Jesus in five places (in no particular order): 1. The Blessed Sacrament, 2. The Church, 3. Your neighbor, 4. The Holy Scriptures, and 5. Prayer.

I get to take them the Blessed Sacrament and meet the baby 🥹

Just like furniture in a room stocks your imagination for how you will and won’t use it, the Scriptures ought to stock our minds and hearts so that we can only imagine ourselves acting according to God’s way.

Well said. We can add the great stories and ideas that have interacted with and illuminated Biblical Revelation throughout the generations as well.

Mickey Mouse was Christian. Disney showed him praying before bed in a 1932 episode—countering their current anti-God narrative. Bring this back. ✝️

In catechesis this morning, I got to speak to the objection from one of my middle schoolers that “eternity with God sounds boring.” First of all: I get it. The liturgy as preview of our eternal activity in heaven can seem dry. I asked, “Who in here LOVES Sunday worship?” A few