By Caleb Haskell

It is true, some men turn to God in face of great suffering, but others resent Him (if He exists at all) for such an injustice. Man’s problem is oftentimes that he struggles to appreciate the good so much as he despises the bad. Hence, the positive end of mystery which we seldom wonder at.

By Makena Wisniewski

Couples partake in Love in a profound way, breathing the very breath of life back into the world as God first did. They are not passive bystanders. Instead, they dance vigorously on a spiral, secured by vows so that they will not fall, but vigorous nevertheless. Atop the spiral, the world must look up. As it does, it sees man, the only creature God willed for itself, with another, dancing to the rhythm of being.

By McKinley Holm

In love our Savior died, in love again he rose

And now in our suffering, we are not alone.

And though in all life, suffering has a season,

Upon the Easter altar cross, in suffering I see reason.

By Angela Beatrice

Salvation through the cross; The Quartets through The Waste Land. So when we cannot pray, when our waste lands are too dense with debris and falsehood, we should pray in and with them, for the end is already decided; involving our cooperation with grace, all will be well and all manner of thing shall be well. Our waste lands are not wasted.

By Makena Wisniewski

We see the reality of fatherhood as not merely a title for God, but His very essence or way of being. The significance of this is that man is not merely a child of God by title, but in reality. And while the fatherhood of God is eternal, so too is the invitation to be a child. Therefore, the vocation of man is to become what he is, a child, and to live through this reality as the ‘turn’ to God, and to finding himself.

By Joseph Hall

Were the depths his home? Perhaps he had been born from the depths to ride on the waves, only to return with a wave. He felt the wheel tug against him, straining to stay in the trough. His hands loosened; he would fight no longer. He gazed up to the height of the wave, waiting for it to crash down on him and his crew sleeping below. But then he saw Her.

By Magdalena Kyne

Rise, sister, and take the place prepared for you. Accept the mantle of your daughterhood; receive the power of your baptism; breathe in the life of the Spirit through Whom we call God Father. Rise, lioness, and understand your strength, a strength bestowed on you from above. Know your own beauty, intended and blessed by our Creator.

By Makena Wisniewski

O little soul, know your worth. The Beloved is here! He cries to you, “I have come!” Listen. Listen carefully. Do you hear Him? This is the battle cry, the battle gladly fought for you.

By John Quejada

Even to modern Catholics, St. Paul seems to be degrading marriage, portraying it as merely a remedial arrangement for those who lack the willpower and temperance to embrace virginity. Without denying the true goodness and sanctity of marriage, St. Paul believes that virginity is a higher state.

By Magdalena Kyne

While history looks to the past to learn about the present, covenantal history contextualizes the present in light of the Lord of History, a Savior who keeps his promises.

By Maximilian Schmiesing

This idea that the demands of the law are written on the hearts of man is central to C.S. Lewis’s essay, “Men Without Chests,” and by discerning his message we can come to a deeper understanding of Paul’s message in Romans 2. 

By Makena Wisniewski

Both Paul and John Paul II understood marriage to be a reflection of God's union with the Church, but with respect to co-creation and co-redemption with God, John Paul II argued that the early Church Fathers did not give marriage enough praise.

By Magdalena Kyne

The place of pain and, at best, patient endurance becomes a place of encounter with Love itself, the Word far surpassing the words even of the great Marcus Aurelius.

By Magdalena Kyne

The rest of the poem covers the unfolding of Alfred’s understanding of this radical truth. He was granted a new way of seeing, and so was willing to be a fool for Christ, to be the person with their feet on earth and their eyes on heaven, and to lead with unshakable faith.

By Josef Saunders

By the interchangeability of Christ and the Superior, the unifying figures of the monastery, we can divide their function in the Rule into three kinds of unities, those of Community, Formation, and Prayer, a similar division to Benedict’s own injunction to “teach, authorize, [and] command” (106). His actions made clear, it may be shown how the Abbot reflects his namesake and Christ.

By Makena Wisniewski

As the life of Saint Augustine showcased, the Word, the language of Love from which all others will derive, amplifies the intellect and heart not just for the redemption of this world, but for the embrace of the next.

By Joseph Cherney

By understanding the literary context and themes that make up John’s Gospel as a whole, it becomes easier to focus in and pick out the pieces that John places in the Passion narrative relating to kingship and the divine plan of God as Christ is revealed to be more than simply a rabbi.

By Magdalena Kyne

Galadriel’s journey from rebellion in Valinor to rejection of the Ring embodies the feminine journey to holiness, going from Eve’s pride to Mary’s humility.