Catholic Journal

God is Making Us an Offer We Cannot Refuse

Walking through the woods in late April, with my eyes strained to spot spring mushrooms, I was...

In the Company of à Kempis

My mother, both of her sisters, and their mother all had breast cancer. My Aunt Emma Jean is the...

All Essays

Lessons from Saint George

On Thursday, 23 April 2020, the universal Church celebrated the great feast of Saint George. Regarding his life, there are many unnecessary historical details. What stands sure, however, is that Saint George is not a...

Never the Same

 Reach out and touch somebody’s hand. Make this a better world if you can. These words from an old popular song seem rather outdated today. Neil Diamond, to help people during the coronavirus outbreak, changed the...

Courage and Strength

On June 27, 1880, Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama. She wasphysically healthy until the age of nineteen months when she contractedwhat seemed to be scarlet fever and lost her hearing and sight. As she grew...

My Lord and God

In the painful context of having to literally fast from receiving the Lord in Holy Communion and, thus, having our hunger for the Bread of Life intensified, we shall ask ourselves what  our reaction to the first...

The Fear Factor

An article in a left-wing news outlet features a letter by a number of journalist professors who attack Fox News for its alleged error-filled and dismissive reporting about the coronavirus pandemic. Aside from the fact...

A Glaring Occasion of Sin

A good friend sent me a statement charging Fox News with “inexcusably” violating “elementary canons of journalism” in its handling of the Coronavirus. It was signed by a large number of professors and journalists. I am...