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We Wrestle Not Against Flesh and Blood: The Spiritual World and the Events of History

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The God in the Stable: A Christmas Meditation

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The 2020 Catholic Gentleman Gift List

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1 week ago in Uncategorized

Loyalty and Localism

For all of the oddities of hipsterdom, they get at least one thing right: buying local. Corporations care more about their ROI than the quality of the goods produced; they care more about their profit than their product. Part of the return to a true, profound Christian polity is a return to caring less about what company will yield the...

2 weeks ago in Saints

St. Maximilian Kolbe: Tribute to a Seed

St. Maximilian Kolbe was born Raymond Kolbe on this day in 1894. Today marks the 127th anniversary of the birth of this great saint and patron of the The Catholic Gentleman. “No one in the world can change Truth.” – St. Maximilian Kolbe My father collected comic books for as long as I can remember. So naturally, I became an avid...

2 weeks ago in Angels, Events

We Wrestle Not Against Flesh and Blood: The Spiritual World and the Events of History

Our nation is again in turmoil, reminding me just how frequently in recent days I've had to write posts about the upheavals of our times. Nevertheless, I do not wish to opine on the events that have transpired this week. I will leave that to those who are more proficient at such commentary. I do, however, want to simply offer...

4 weeks ago in Liturgical Year

The God in the Stable: A Christmas Meditation

Of all the tremendous mysteries of our faith, there is none more stupefying in its reality than the Incarnation. That God would deign to assume human flesh is a staggering fact, and it is one that a thousand different heresies has sought to doubt or deny. And yet, it is a fast so critical to the creed that the whole...

2 months ago in Uncategorized

The 2020 Catholic Gentleman Gift List

It's that time of year again: time to start thinking about Christmas gifts for the Catholic gentlemen in your life. Here are 10 gift ideas sure to delight any Catholic Man. 1. The Catholic Gentleman: Living Authentic Manhood Today What it means to be a man or a woman is questioned today like never before. While traditional gender roles have...

2 months ago in Conversion, Friendship

Conversation, Conversion, and the Eternal Truth

Have you ever enjoyed a good conversation? Not just small talk or a vague and ephemeral discussion of trivialities, but a real, substantive conversation about the most important questions of human life. If so, you'll know that such conversations can last for hours which feel only like minutes. You'll know that the intellectual pleasure such dialogues bring is hardly...

3 months ago in Papacy

St. John Paul II’s Message to America is More Timely Than Ever

I share the following homily of John Paul II from October 8, 1995 at Camden Yards, Baltimore, slightly edited for clarity. It is short and to the point, and in these divided times, it reminds our nation of eternal truths that are more relevant and timely than ever. "Oh, that today you would hear his voice: harden not your hearts" (Ps....

3 months ago in Relationships, Repentance

To All and For All: Guilt, Responsibility, and the Brothers Karamazov

Some friends and I were smoking cigars and chatting on the porch of a Brooklyn house during a summer evening in 2010. One of the friends recommended that I read Dostoevsky’s the Brothers Karamazov. Education had taught me that the book was a classic. Experience had taught me that not all “classics” are all that good. But I took up...

4 months ago in Family, Fathers, Prayer

The Forgotten Prayer of the Father

Tucked away in a seemingly boring part of the Bible, the Forgotten Prayer of 1 Chronicles 4:10 is an unexpected invitation for men to come home—to the family we have all desired, the Church and the Holy Trinity, and our true vocation as fathers. The so-called “Prayer of Jabez” is not the materialistic and shallow wish list it’s often made...

4 months ago in Charity, Courage, Culture

A House Divided: Political Chaos, Churchly Conflict, and the Spirit of Christ

"A house divided against itself cannot stand." - Jesus Christ Regardless of your political persuasion, I believe many of us who watched the first of the U.S. presidential debates were shocked and dismayed. It was hardly the kind of engagement citizens of a country hope to see between two potential leaders. It was a brutal bloodbath of rhetorical violence from...

4 months ago in Liturgy, podcast

Podcast Ep. 9: Why We Need the Traditional Latin Mass with Dr. Peter Kwasniewski

In the heady days of liturgical revolution in the 1960s and 70s, the Traditional Latin Mass was considered dead and buried. But then, something unexpected and miraculous happened: It came back from the seeming dead and it is now spreading like wildfire, especially among the younger generations. Some within the Church hate this fact, while others celebrate it. In this...

4 months ago in Fathers, Marriage, Masculinity

Fathers, Don’t Tap Out

The kids were out of control and so were the bills, my relationship with my wife felt strained, and I honestly didn’t think I could handle the stress at work anymore. I’ll never forget the day it all seemed to come crashing together. It looked like an ugly self-portrait, an American Gothic with me holding a pitchfork next to an...

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