Religion

"It is absurd and disgraceful for one to live magnificently and luxuriously when so many go hungry." St. Clement of Alexandria (And lest you think Clement was a kill-joy early Socialist, he was one of the first thinkers to say that Jesus's harsh instructions to the

On apologetics: "Is there anything more lamentable than a teacher whose only way of saving his pupils is to tell them not to heed the life of the one speaking to them?" St. John Chrysostom

"I do not succeed in comprehending all that I am." St. Augustine

Learn to depend on God alone and serve Him with a wholly pure and detached heart. Then you will be able to say 'I do not regret that I have given myself up to Love.' St. Edith Stein

Good Christians are many, if it weren't for all those people: the whiners, the manipulators, the crooks, the liars, the heretics, the greedy. But Christ put up with all of them and remained sinless. The Bible recounts the disciples's buffoonery and selfishness, yet Christ communed with

Every unkind thought reflects a defect in my soul, which is connected to my mind, which is connected to my brain. Therefore, how can I ever be sure that my unkind thought is accurate? And if I'm not sure it's accurate, shouldn't I keep

Some of you may have guessed that my computer access is limited this week (the different style of posts is your hint), but I wanted to take a moment and pass along this email from a reader: > July 31st is the feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of

"God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination." St. Augustine

"Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is." St. John Chrysostom

So I'm doing some random surfing Sunday evening (our house was filled with 11 children, and my study is sequestered in a quiet corner of the basement), and I ran across a list of 25 promising occupations. I clicked on "clergy" and discovered that the median