St. Thomas writes: It is only right that we should be grateful not merely to those whom we think have found the truth and with whose views we agree by following them, but also to those who, in the search…
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Gratitude
Tagged with: Aquinas, charity, disagreements, discover the truth, gratitude, truth
Posted in Aquinas - Philosophy, Charity, Humility, Uncategorized
Posted in Aquinas - Philosophy, Charity, Humility, Uncategorized
Love is not faith alone
I stumbled across the grist for this mill just reading through Scripture. It has inspired a second and now this third post on the same general theme. I hope I am not boring you, gentle reader. My theme in these…
American Capitalism is Broken
American Capitalism is just plain broken. Why do I say that? Because American Capitalism has in essence declared that its god is the Almighty Dollar. And in such circumstances as these, the problem identified by Pope St. John Paul II…
Tagged with: capitalism, social doctrine, social justice, social teaching
Posted in America, Charity, John Paul II, Natural Law, Rerum Novarum
Posted in America, Charity, John Paul II, Natural Law, Rerum Novarum
Man’s Chief End
I like this summary of things: The source of all man’s life is to be found in God. Through His strength and all-pervading power He maintains man’s growth and development and, as his ultimate goal, He constitutes that happiness which…
Take up your cross
If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. (Mark 8:34) Do I want to be a follower of Jesus? Absolutely! More than anything! But those words are…
Huddled Masses
In today’s Gospel (Luke 4:16-30) the Lord Jesus demolishes the expectations of those who (not without reason) called themselves God’s chosen people. Just as Elijah was sent not to a widow of Israel but to a Sidonian woman, and just…
Tagged with: America, charity, huddled masses, immigration, statue of liberty
Posted in America, Charity, Natural Law
Posted in America, Charity, Natural Law
No longer strangers
This post is inspired by this and this. Jesus said that what is outside a man cannot make him impure or unclean. Instead, it is what comes out of a man — out of his heart — that makes him…
Tagged with: charity, clean and unclean, immigration
Posted in Charity, Veritatis Splendor, Western Civilization
Posted in Charity, Veritatis Splendor, Western Civilization
Prepare yourself
The parable of the ten virgins is difficult for me to understand–or, maybe, it is a hard passage of the Gospel. Contrary to what one might expect the five virgins who prepared by bringing extra oil are commended not because…
More on Matthew 24
This morning I wrote about Mt. 24:42-51. It occurred to me almost as soon as I hit “Publish” that more could be said about the passage than I did in my brief remarks, and I’d like to do that now…
Aquinas, Etc. 
No room for black-or-white thinking
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