Jeanie Hannaman

By Suzan Sammons, Crisis Magazine - Everyone knows that St. Augustine speaks of "restless hearts," but he also points the way to finding rest... A few years before Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring came out, I read the whole trilogy for the first time. Many striking aphorisms stuck with me afterwards, among them “Not all who wander are lost.”... Of course, the release of the films resulted in an enormous wave of interest in the story of The Ring, with the result that “Not all who wander are lost” started appearing on bumper stickers ...

By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky, Catholic World Report - Rather than investing primarily in sociological programs, we might more fruitfully emphasize integral confession, frequent reception of the sacraments, and faithful participation in Sunday Mass. Authentic conversion of heart, not ideological formation, is the Church’s most effective response to sin... A renewed understanding of sin, sinful inclinations, and the effects of Original Sin would dispel much of the confusion and dishonesty in contemporary moral discourse. “There, but for the grace of God, goes I.” I acknowledge my own tendencies toward pride and racial bigotry, as all fallen human beings do, and I strive to identify them, resist them, and refuse to act upon them.

By Fr. Francesco Giordano, STD, Catholic Exchange - In a conversation with a friend this last Octave of Christmas, a story by Italian philosopher Marcello Veneziani came to mind, since the two of us have been reading his latest book. The episode is recounted by the philosopher as he considers Friedrich Nietzsche, together with Karl Marx, among the thinkers who have most decisively shaped the modern world.