Everyone has experienced the desire for something just out of reach, to attain something he could not find; perhaps in a dream, perhaps in waking life. For some, this is a fleeting sensation. For...
Thomas and the Thomists: Domingo Báñez This is one of the posts in a series on Thomistic commentators. For more information about who these figures are and the inspiration behind this series, ...
It seems as though the saints are not like us. Saint Vincent Ferrer walked around with crowds announcing “the miracles he wrought, from raising the dead to casting out demons to possessing a ...
Blood is not usually associated with peace. War and chaos bring blood. Fear and pain give rise to the spilling of blood. Losing blood induces death. Peace is not the result of blood. Yet with all...
Crowds possess power. They initiate political revolutions and overthrow governments. They contribute to home-field advantage in sports and stage fright in the performing arts. Whether violent lik...
As an adolescent, I remember reading a book by an Irish Dominican, Fr. Paul O’Sullivan. That little book, An Easy Way To Become A Saint, had some remarkable advice for a young person beginning ...
We’ve all heard the slogan from Smokey the Bear. “Only you can prevent forest fires.” If he means that only I as an individual can prevent forest fires, this is obviously nonsense. You can ...
I once got lost in the woods. I had spent the day hiking with much of my novitiate class, and four of us toured an off-trail route later in the afternoon. Because of a hurt ankle, I lagged behind...
In Blessed Jordan of Saxony’s important work, “On the Beginnings of the Order of Preachers,” he calls St. Augustine “the distinguished Preacher.” This way of identifying Augustine stand...
Thus you gave another answer through your priest, a certain bishop nurtured in the Church and trained in your books. When that woman implored him to consider speaking with me, to refute my errors...