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Well, here we find ourselves with Good Friday in view and the suffering and death of Jesus Christ on our minds. That arrestingly paradoxical image of healing and love is one that should always captivate us. It is an image … Continue reading
Andy Opsahl, OP
What does it mean for a Catholic to act well? I would say acting well for a Catholic means to follow one’s conscience in a state of faithful submission to what one honestly believes the teachings of Christ’s church indicate … Continue reading
What is happiness? Modern culture answers this question in many ways, but one popularly reduced answer seems to be the notion that happiness is being free to be yourself. Happiness in the general philosophical tradition of the Church is somewhat … Continue reading
If you read this blog regularly you know that I have been suggesting we see Lent as a really good rehabilitation center for our souls – one with the best doctor in existence. Sin is like a sickness that causes … Continue reading
Last week I suggested we approach Lent as though checking our souls into a really good rehabilitation center – one where the best doctor in existence cares for us. Our acts of penance are sort of like the tasks doctors … Continue reading
For most of my life I experienced Lent – with its emphasis on sin and self-denial – as a dreary annual punishment. It was a season I dreaded but accepted vaguely as a necessary reality of life before Heaven. However, … Continue reading
Here we find ourselves on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. It is a season we rightly associate with penance. However, let us remember that the true aim of Lenten penance is transformation of our souls through conversion of … Continue reading
“O Emmanuel, king and lawgiver, desire of the nations, Savior of all people, come and set us free, Lord our God.” Here we find ourselves at the seventh and final O Antiphon of the Advent Season. Today’s O Antiphon emphasizes … Continue reading
“O King of all the nations, the only joy of every human heart: O Keystone of the mighty arch of man, come and save the creature you fashioned from the dust.” Today’s O Antiphon emphasizes Jesus as the King of … Continue reading
“O Radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, sun of justice: come, shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.” Today’s O Antiphon calls Jesus the Radiant Dawn that shines on those who dwell in darkness. The … Continue reading