Lenten Mortification: a Reflection on the Season of Lent

“To mortify” does not mean that we annihilate our senses, appetites, or passions; rather, we practice self-denial or privation in order to orient all desires and appetites towards God and make Him the sole desire (object) of our heart, mind, body, and soul.

Rights (vs Responsibilities) – Natural Rights vs Civil Rights

I can’t have it both ways. If I want my rights to be honored, then I must honor the rights of others; that is, I must acknowledge my responsibilities toward others, and live up to them.

Our Lord Jesus Christ’s Testimony of Himself as the Messiah

From the August 2009 Newsletter, Fr. Buckley demonstrates by Scripture and Tradition that Jesus Christ clearly declared that He was the Messiah, countering certain opinions of our day.

Pragmatism by D.Q. McInerny, Ph.D.

From the August, 2009 Newsletter. Practicality is an admirable quality to many, but can be a false and destructive philosophy on life.

Divine Providence; Conformity with the Holy Will

From the July 2009 Newsletter, we find that God, from all eternity, intends the end and purpose of the universe and provides the means for each soul living in the world to attain its end.