On Faith & Fortitude: The Shield of Sir Gawain
On New Year’s Eve, King Arthur was with his knights and other guests at the round table. As was his custom, King Arthur would not begin to eat until he…
Are You Baptized in the Holy Ghost?
Are you baptized in the Holy Ghost? This is a question that you’ll often get if you ever hang around Charismatic Christians—whether Protestant or Catholic. What they usually mean is,…
Confessions II and the Human Will
The thematic center to the second book of the Confessions is the human will (voluntas): our dynamic propulsion towards the good. It has been asserted that Augustine is the first…
Life and Death in Christ
The last couple of years have forced us to confront the realities of suffering and death. I speak of coercion because we rarely enjoy thinking about suffering and death. They…
Is Les Miserables Anti-Catholic?
I have at last closed the cover on Victor Hugo’s epic, 1260-page Les Miserables. Its dust-jacket in shreds but the spine intact, this behemoth has made its way back to…