How to Act When so Many Flaunt Their Cruelty...
My young friends told me the same story as the novelist: People don’t see them when they’re behind the counter. They might greet the customer by name and he’d looked confused or even annoyed, till something in his brain would click and he realized he was speaking to someone he knew. They were the help, and invisible. Writing novels not paying the bills, Camilla Grudova worked as a server at the same arts center where her own book had been launched and she’d been a celebrity.
10 Quotes on the Annunciation from Pope St. John Paul II...
Today is the last solemnity in the Lent season until we get to the Solemnity of All Solemnities on April 20. Still, today’s solemnity sets the course for what we will celebrate on Easter Sunday. It is a day when the Church gathers to pray and remember when Christ became incarnate within the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is this day when the Angel Gabriel appears to Our Lady and although confused at first by the angel’s announcement, she boldly proclaims her Fiat – her yes, be it done unto me according to thy word.
‘Evangelium Vitae’ Was John Paul II’s Battle Cry Against the Culture of Death...
The publication of Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) 30 years ago marked a high-water mark of the pontificate of St. John Paul the Great. Signed on the Solemnity of the Annunciation (March 25, 1995), the 11th of his 14 encyclicals was a publishing sensation. Paperback copies of the text appeared at supermarket checkouts...
The End of My Planned Parenthood...
My Planned Parenthood is closing. It’s been put on the market. The asking price is $39 million. In truth, there is no price tag to capture the infinite worth of the lives that have been lost there. Lives were ended. Hearts were broken. Immiseration was compounded. My Planned Parenthood was once named after Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood. For decades, many on the right pointed out that the woman was a eugenicist...
8 Things to Know and Share About the Annunciation...
We are celebrating the solemnity of the Annunciation. This day celebrates the appearance of the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary to announce of the birth of Christ. What’s going on and why is this day important? Here are eight things you need to know. First, what does the word “Annunciation” mean? It's derived from the same root...
Indianapolis Archdiocese: Lab Results Indicate Discolored Host Was ‘Not Miraculous’...
The Living Water Jesus Gives...
Jesus tells the woman at the well, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” What is this water he speaks of? The Samaritan woman, initially either humoring him, mocking him, or believing him, replies to Jesus...
‘The Chosen: Last Supper’ Debuts in Dallas Ahead of Nationwide Theatrical Release...
The wait is almost over for The Chosen fans. The highly anticipated fifth season of the groundbreaking series — “The Chosen: Last Supper” — premiered at a special red-carpet event in Dallas, ahead of its nationwide theatrical debut on March 28. With cast and crew in attendance at the B&B Theatres Red Oak 12, the event marks the beginning of an eight-episode journey through Holy Week, one of the most pivotal and dramatic chapters in the life of Jesus.
What John Paul II Thought About ‘Feminism’ [WSJ Paywall]...
The Lord Sees Your Fig Tree — 5 Takeaways for the Third Sunday of Lent...
Why ‘Nosferatu’ Earned a Place on the Vatican’s Film List...
St. Enda, Acting, and a Few Good Men...
The Viking Apocalypse: How Monastery Massacres Led to Miracles of Grace...
Planned Parenthood to Shutter Manhattan Facility: A Witness to Answered Prayers...
Trump Administration Aims to Freeze $120 Million in Grants to Planned Parenthood, WSJ Reports...
The ‘Humble, Hidden Event,’ and Wishin’ for a Commission...
Today’s the Solemnity of the Annunciation, and you’re reading The Tuesday Pillar Post. Pope Benedict XVI talked about the Annunciation as a “a humble, hidden event.” “No one saw it, no one except Mary knew of it — but at the same time it was crucial to the history of humanity,” Benedict taught. “When the Virgin said her ‘yes’ to the angel's announcement, Jesus was conceived, and with him began the new era of history...
Why J.R.R. Tolkien Made March 25 the Day the Ring Was Destroyed...
It is unlikely that many people will think that Frodo Baggins, the diminutive hero of The Lord of the Rings, has much to do with the season of Lent. What has a hobbit to do with the habit of fasting? What has The Lord of the Rings to do with the Lord who died for us on the cross? What on earth has Middle-earth to do with the reason for the Lenten season?
Solemnity of the Annunciation: ‘The Word Became Flesh and Dwelt Among Us’...
‘It’s all legal!’: How the nuncio installed Detroit’s archbishop by his own decree...
Ukrainian Military Chaplain Brings Christ’s Light to War’s Dark Trenches...
On Feb. 24, an interfaith prayer service was held at London’s Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family to commemorate the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. There were prayers, hymns and addresses from various British Christian leaders. But one contribution was especially moving: a personal testimony from Ukrainian Catholic Father Taras Mykhalchuk, pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv...
All salvation is local. If you do not repent, you will perish...
The Tomb of Christ and the Atomic Moment...
In Lent, we expect the sojourn through the desert, encountering spiritual heat, thirst, mirages that disappear as we draw near to them. Sometimes, we find ourselves encountering Christ there and sometimes we meet ourselves as moments of our past rise up out of the desert sands, gleaming in harsh light like a burnished sphynx, impossible to ignore. This year Lent has brought me, most unexpectedly, into the very tomb of Christ...
Humanities Syllabus for March: Confronting Evil and Death...
As we continue our journey through this season of Lent, we follow Jesus on our pilgrimage into the desert to confront the enemy and his many temptations. Even as we focus on truth, goodness, and beauty, we necessarily come up against evil, seeking to prevent us from receiving and living out these gifts. In this place of exile, we reach the fruits of the Christian life only by embracing the Cross, the true victory over the enemy.
St. Mary’s College in South Bend Should Not Confer An Honorary Degree On Mary McAleese...
Why Saints, Not Superman, Are the Real Heroes...
Throughout history, there have been many and varied proposals as to what constitutes a superman. The common denominator that gives meaning to the word is the human being at his absolute best. This is an intriguing thought and has captured the imagination of all those who aspire to the highest. Jacques Maritain has made the case that Aristotle was the first to propose...
Stranded Astronaut in Space Proclaims Gospel Before Historic Rescue Back to Earth...
It all sounds like the plot of the next space blockbuster movie, but for the two astronauts who have been stuck in space for nine months, living suspended in space is a very real thing. Millions across the country and around the globe have heard about these astronauts stranded at the International Space Station for the same time it takes a baby to form in the womb.
When attacking antisemitism, don’t fudge Church teaching...
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