Tranquility or the Cross: The Dangerous Appeal of Buddhism
Innumerable men long to escape the waves of meaningless violence, and to some, Buddhism seems to offer a solution. It is associated with...
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What is True Compassion for the Person with Homosexual Tendencies?
About six months ago Phil Donahue devoted his show to the fashionable topic of homosexuality. Donahue's guests included the outstanding...
Should we be Indifferent to Everything but God?
One of the difficulties we all face in spiritual life is that attitudes which seem to be identical can, in fact, be quite different and...
Ingratitude: The Forgotten Sin
I recall vividly that in my early teens I read the memoirs of a priest who, aged 70, bitterly lamented his ingratitude toward his mother...
The Tears of the World "Lacrimae rerum" - Virgil, Aeneid
Recognizing how we hurt other people can be the first step in becoming more charitable to our neighbor. One of the sad facts of human...
Habit: Friend or Enemy?
Habit plays a cardinal role in human life. In order to gauge its value, however, some distinctions are called for...
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