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The Link Between Catechesis and Liturgy

Dec 20 13 • Kevin M. Tierney • 0 comments

From time to time in various debates about the liturgy, the principle of lex orandi lex credendi surfaces. While the Latin might be a little off putting, the Catechism of the Catholic Church defines the concept as follows: When the Church celebrates the sacraments, she confesses the faith received from the apostles – whence the ancient […]

Do We Want More Affordable Health Care? Then We Need To Leave Health Care To The Free Market

Dec 20 13 • Dr. Tracy C. Miller • 0 comments

ACA only increases the problems.

Poem: “The Song of the Wolf”

Dec 20 13 • Katie Furman • 0 comments

The Song of the Wolf The old wolf saw the shining star That twinkled in the sky, He followed in it’s silver trail That led him by and by. To a poor and rustic stable Beyond the town’s far rim, Where something stirred His proud wild heart And seemed to beckon him. But when he […]

‘Miracle’ Healing of Unborn Baby Moves Pope Paul VI Closer to Sainthood

Dec 20 13 • Peter Baklinski • 0 comments

The extraordinary healing of a baby inside his mother’s womb has been declared medically “unexplainable” by top Vatican doctors, putting Pope Paul VI one step closer to being declared a saint by the Catholic Church. Seventeen years ago, doctors in California offered a woman abortion as the only possible solution for the abnormality detected in […]

Raising the Bar in Every Area of Life

Dec 20 13 • Trent Beattie • 0 comments

As a two-time NCAA Division I All-American and National Champion high jumper, Bill Thierfelder had long been accustomed to raising the bar in a literal sense. Now, he does so in a metaphorical way by promoting excellence and virtue in every aspect of life. In fact, each light post at Belmont Abbey College is adorned with a […]

Abortion: What if We Started to Listen?

Dec 20 13 • Beatrice Fedor • 6 comments

I came out of the abortion closet in 2008 and I sometimes deal with religious Pro-Lifers who consider that I have committed the unforgivable sin and who lecture me about the past (you were selfish, you should have kept your legs closed etc…). I also deal with secular Pro-Choicers telling me I’m Pro-Life because I’m […]

A Miracle or Coincidence?

Dec 19 13 • Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson • 5 comments

I’ll call it God, you call it what you want.

The Wise Virgin

Dec 19 13 • Genevieve Kineke • 2 comments

Who is she that comes forth like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in battle array? (Song of Solomon 6:10) Does that Scripture really refer to the sweet mother in our crèche? The adoring mother, demurely gazing at the Babe, surrounded by inquisitive shepherds and under […]

Spice Up Your Advent with “Driveway Dating”

Dec 19 13 • Christi • 0 comments

It’s that time of year again. It always seems to creep up on me, no matter how much I think I’m prepared. We had a peaceful start: we set up the Advent tree and wreath, and have even managed to start most mornings off with prayer and lighting the wreath. But I know that even […]

Judge’s Ruling Puts Polygamy on the Way to Legal Recognition

Dec 19 13 • Ben Johnson • 2 comments

A federal judge may have put polygamy on its first step to legal recognition, striking down part of a Utah law that criminalized plural marriage. The lawsuit was brought by Kody Brown, star of the TLC reality series Sister Wives. Brown lives with Meri, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn, and their brood of 17 children. However, […]

The Elderly Who Are Isolated and Abandoned

Dec 19 13 • Terry McDermott • 0 comments

As I walked through the lobby of the assisted living facility, I saw him again – the elderly gentleman whom I had greeted three hours earlier. Had he been there all morning? I wondered. I was on patient rounds in the building that day, visiting the residents that staff had identified as needing to be […]

Republicans v. Conservatives

Dec 18 13 • Ken Connor • 0 comments

Given the magnitude of the Obamacare debacle, it’s hard to imagine how Republicans could manage to one-up the dysfunction and dissolution of the Democrat party. Much to the delight of the media, however, the GOP has managed to redirect the spotlight away from the train wreck of the Affordable Care Act in exchange for its […]

Heroes in the Season of Hope

Dec 18 13 • Fr. Shenan J. Boquet • 0 comments

This Sunday, Gaudete Sunday, we light the third candle of the Advent wreath. The rose-colored candle and the priests’ rose vestments mark a change in the tenor of this penitential season. For those who have been using Advent as a time to prepare heart and home for the celebration of Christ’s birth, it is a […]

Alcohol, Patriotism, and the NFL: The Best Hope for Tailgaters

Dec 18 13 • Lee Wishing • 0 comments

Was there more underlying this unsettling culture?

Tabb’s Poetry XLVII

Dec 18 13 • John B. Tabb • 0 comments

Five poems by John B. Tabb.

Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel

Pope Francis: Espousing a Peronist or Marxist Liberation Theology?

Dec 17 13 • Alejandro A. Chafuen • 3 comments

The role of the laity will be crucial.

Malta: Europe’s ‘Last Man Standing’ Against Abortion

Dec 17 13 • Ben Johnson • 0 comments

With Ireland having passed its law allowing abortion, without gestational age limits, in cases where a woman threatens suicide, the tiny island nation of Malta has become the European Union’s last man standing against abortion. Malta’s MEPs were among a small bloc at the EU who worked against the recent failed proposal by socialists and […]

Stealing Christ’s Job

Dec 17 13 • Melanie Jean Juneau • 0 comments

In the Old Testament, the Azazel goat, translated as scapegoat, was one of two goats chosen for a ceremony on The Day of Atonement. The first goat was sacrifice but a priest would lay hands on the second goat and symbolically transfer all the sin and guilt of the community on to this animal. The […]

Keeping Christ in Christmas – Our Family’s Approach

Dec 17 13 • Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. • 0 comments

“Actions speak louder than words.” “One picture is worth a thousand words.” “Talk is cheap.” There are lots of different sayings in the English language that generally express the same thing–words alone don’t do the necessary job of communicating, especially in the case of a personal message. Like “I love you,” for instance. So human […]

When I Will Concern Myself with the Roman Curia

Dec 16 13 • Mary Kochan • 29 comments

Who’s in? Who’s out? Who’s up? Who’s down? Who’s headed up or headed down? Whose influence is waxing or waning? Ah, Rome. The Eternal City of intrigue. Ah, Vaticanistas. Of making many speculations there is no end. I will concern myself with the goings on of the Roman Curia when: All the dust is gone […]

Detail from Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Worship, Saturday Evening Post, February 27, 1943

Liberty of Conscience in the Public Square: Challenges to the Affordable Care Act

Dec 16 13 • L. John Van Til • 0 comments

Congress and the states shall not create state-sponsored churches.

Snippets From an Exhortation: The Anti-Modernism of Pope Francis

Dec 16 13 • John Médaille • 4 comments

The narrative that has been played out since the election of Jorge Bergoglio is one of a Pope ready to overturn all the doctrines of the Church , ordain women priests, change the teaching on marriage and homosexuality, and generally turn the Catholic Church into a minor caucus within the Democratic Party. This narrative was […]

Mt. Sinai, Egypt, Camel in Snow, 13 December 2013

Remember Global Warming

Dec 16 13 • E. L. Core • 19 comments

And Greens are getting rich.

Wrong-Headed Ethics and Mayhem

Dec 16 13 • Judie Brown • 0 comments

Last year, the Journal of Medical Ethics published an article entitled “After-Birth Abortion: Why Should the Baby Live?” Central to the paper’s thesis is the position that “the moral status of an infant is equivalent to that of a fetus, that is, neither can be considered a ‘person’ in a morally relevant sense.” The paper further poses the preposterous […]

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