Catholic Journal

Regarding Fraternal Correction

Arguably the most difficult challenge to our salvation is the call to forgiveness. Be merciful...

Things Are Never Quite As They Seem

In 1896 a German immigrant to the United States, a man named Emmanuel Ninnger, paid for his...

All Essays

Spiritual Temperance

"Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object" -- St. Augustine I grew up hearing about how ridiculous temperance leagues and the attempts to curb drinking through government intervention were...

The Healing Rays of Jesus

There are several prominent Protestant leaders who believe that the Temple destroyed in the year 70 A.D. by the future emperor Titus, will be rebuilt. However, the truth is comfortingly different. Jesus Christ is the...

Watch The Timing

“When we wake up in the morning, the troubles and duties of the day crowd around us. When will we do this? When that? One wants to jump up in a rush and dash away. You had better take the reins in your hand and...

Heaven: Everywhere God Is

Ezekiel’s vision (Ezekiel 47:1-12) reveals to us the riches and the blessings that God makes available to us in his Temple. There is an overabundance of life-giving water flowing from this mysterious Temple and spilling...

The American Dream on Stage

I do not find the term the American Dream to be as culturally popular as it once was but every so often the term undergoes a facelift and becomes part of the national conversation. Simply stated...