Like most children, one of my favorite pastimes was asking questions. “What is that?” “Where are we going?” “Why is the sky blue?” “When will we get there?” It is no surprise that Catholics adopted this age-old, anthropological constant of the question-answer format for our beloved Baltimore Catechism. While I never learned my...
I have written many times before about the difference between grave matter and mortal sin. The Catechism identifies grave matter as a breaking one of the Ten Commandments, whereas mortal sin is grave matter and “knowledge of the sinful character of the act” and “consent sufficiently deliberate to be a personal choice” (CCC...
Podcast: Season 3, Episode 5 It took three seasons, but we finally had Mike Lewis on the podcast! Mike reminded me that the very first podcast I was a part of the very first Where Peter Is podcast episode, recorded at the beginning of the pandemic. We started out this episode with Mike...
A reflection on the readings for March 5th, 2023, the Second Sunday of Lent. In today’s Gospel, we recall the Transfiguration, one of five major milestones in the gospel narrative about the life of Jesus, including his Baptism, Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension. St. Thomas Aquinas considered the Transfiguration to be “the greatest miracle”...
Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., now in his 43rd year as Preacher to the Papal Household (he was appointed to the position by Pope John Paul II in 1980), delivered the first of his Lenten sermons yesterday. It was a powerhouse — rich in its overall message and filled with thought-provoking statements and...
“We should recall that no man is an island, entire of itself. Our lives are involved with one another, through innumerable interactions they are linked together. No one lives alone. No one sins alone. No one is saved alone. The lives of others continually spill over into mine: in what I think, say,...
This is the second installment of the three-part essay “Integrating Philosophical Paradigms toward Theological Unity” by Deacon Tracy Jamison, OCDS, PhD. Click here for the introduction. Click here for part 1. Part three will be posted next Friday. In the first part of this essay, we explored how phenomenology and Thomistic-Aristotelian philosophy are...
Registration is now open for the Desiderio Desideravi Workshop! This three-part live workshop will be held virtually on April 13, April 20, and April 27 at 7:30-9:00pm (EST). Register Here! Do you want to fall more in love with Jesus in the Eucharist? Do you seek a deeper understanding of the Mass, overflowing...
If we give away our wealth, we can come together as a community to fulfill the Great Commission given to us by Jesus.
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, is not someone whose political views are at all ambiguous or subject to much dispute. He has dissented from a USCCB legal brief in support of labor unions, delivered speeches to organizations of Catholic business leaders but not to workers’ or tradespeople’s organizations, and adopted a skeptical...
I am posting this from my trusty desk in my home office. I’m still feeling a bit groggy after the past few days, but I am here, and I’m feeling better, and that’s the most important part. If you’ve followed my social media over the last couple of days, most of this won’t...
Our friends at Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life are hosting “The Francis Factor at Ten Years” on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, from 5:30 to 7 P.M. Eastern time. This dialogue will feature Catholic leaders Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Sr. Norma Pimentel, M.J., E.J. Dionne, Helen Alvaré, and Georgetown President...
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