It is one thing to believe that sometime in the future you will be forgiven and thus your actions in the present are not important. It is another thing to realize the gravity of the evil you have done and...

In contemporary times, it is common to talk about higher states of consciousness, especially as regards to New Age spirituality and the use of psychedelic drugs. Oftentimes, it is suggested that people who reach this kind of enlightenment have special...

This is a response to an X thread on a psychological study on the value of suppressing negative thoughts: A few points I would add. I tend to see two extremes when it comes to this question. First, there are...

National news shouldn’t effect the fundraising of parishes, apostolates, and dioceses if these entities are doing a good job of being financially transparent and responsible. Typically the kind of donors that withhold money from an apostolate in rural North Carolina...

I don't think we give enough attention to is the idea that reality itself is a kind of trauma. To encounter evil and malevolence in the world is a very frightening reality. At its extreme end, when someone within our...

The contemplation of the divine essence is not achieved by the imagination, the reason, or any natural mode of understanding. While the lower faculties must be brought into the gentle rule of sound doctrine and the lower faculties fed on...