Two Old Books

When tragic events capture the nation's attention, the people, horrified at what has occurred, rightly ask what can be done to prevent s...

The first edition of "Church Chat," in which I explained the meanings and etymologies of a number of Church-related words, was by ...

A mother was speaking with her son and his girlfriend. The latter two were living together, and the mother was expressing concern about wh...

Not too many events of note to share with you from this last week. It was pretty standard. (I apologize for again not producing a mid-week p...

Many know me to be a stickler for correct usage in language. For example, if you use "further" in reference to a physical distance...

Aristotle, he of such nicknames as “The Stagirite” (which refers to his birthplace, Stagira), “The Philosopher” (which St. Thomas Aquinas ca...

You sometimes see something like the following in public life: Person A speaks against a certain practice or policy as somewhere between bei...

The ancient Greek philosopher Gorgias (each G is a hard G, like in “great,” not soft like in “gem,” and it’s definitely not pronounced like ...

(The following is 1 Timothy 2:1-8, and then a reflection that I gave on that reading a few years back. Hope you enjoy.) First of all, then...

Some of my favorite prayers of the Mass are the ones you don’t usually hear. Throughout the Mass, there are many prayers that the priest say...

(This is a re-print from something I posted on my old blog, but I think folks might enjoy it.... ) This might be a bold statement, but I’m...

Philosophy and theology deal with thick, heavy, dense subjects. It’s hard enough half the time to understand the question being asked, let a...

I think for many people, the entry in their own mental dictionary for the term “philosophy” is something like this: Philosophy (/fəˈläsəfē...