Prayer as an act of listening
Most people think of prayer as speaking to God. Few realize that prayer begins when speech ends. If prayer were...
Day: January 19, 2026
The courage to be unacceptable
Every age has its fashionable virtues and its tolerated crimes. What distinguishes a declining civilization from a rising one is...
Guarding the gates of children’s souls
Every civilization is remembered not by its monuments, but by the souls it forms. And the soul is formed first...
Don’t use the Orans posture at Mass
There are moments when a small gesture reveals a large misunderstanding. The Orans posture, when assumed by the congregation during...
The Mass should be at the center of American life
Every civilization is shaped, not by what it produces, but by what it worships. For worship reveals what a people...
What Jesus Christ meant by “Follow me”
When Jesus said, “Follow me,” He was not offering a metaphor. He was issuing a summons. Those words were spoken...
Catholicism is not a religion; it’s a way of life
Religion, as the modern world understands it, is something one practices. Catholicism is something one becomes. Religion can be added...
