The Joy of the Truth

This election season has seen more than its fair share of nonsense. When I complained to my mom that people just don’t think, she replied that people do think, it’s just that they think wrongly. American culture has mastered the art of rationalizing evil. Rationalization is the epitome of what Fr. Vann calls “intemperance of the mind.” Mom hit the nail on the head. Americans do think, bu they think wrongly. Continue reading

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In our diocesan parenting program, “Teaching the Way of Love,” one of the points we make is that we need to teach our children how to receive love well in addition to teaching them how to give love. I tell the story of Christmas at my parents’ home and at the home of my in-laws.

At my wife’s family’s Christmas celebration the kids are turned loose at a designated… Continue reading

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