Catholic Church

By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., CatholicPhilly - The point of my column this week is simply this. The real “shape of things to come” is never completely in human hands. The future will be shaped by many different facts and forces, many of which we do not and cannot control, not least the will of God. But neither are we helpless… History is filled with the reality of one person or groups of persons fighting for what they believe, and thereby changing and channeling the course of events.

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, CatholicCulture - Now of course we could have an overriding attraction for money or power. But we are, after all, sexual beings, and the easiest and most intensely personal way for our affections to become disordered is through a lack of discipline regarding our sexual appetites. Might this explain the Catholic preoccupation with impurity?

By George Weigel, Denver Catholic - Baseball is a foretaste of the Kingdom of God precisely because it doesn’t work by clock-time, like football, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, and hockey. A baseball game could, in theory, be eternal. So, to enter the transcendent time-beyond-time of a ballgame is to experience a bit of what awaits us at what the Book of Revelation calls the Wedding Feast of the Lamb: an eternal present.

By Msgr. Charles Pope - The Lord presents us with four basic principles that assist us in being better, more fruitful disciples. I. The Purpose of Disciples – The text says, I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit … Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned.