Young people say, “what can one person do? What is the sense of our small effort?” They cannot see that we can only lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time; we can be responsible only for the one action of the present moment. But we can beg for an increase […]
Many thinkers follow Stephen Jay Gould’s concept of non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA), which holds that science and religion are two distinct domains that don’t coincide. Science covers the empirical universe while religion covers questions of moral meaning and ethical value. Yet the book Science at the Doorstep to God of Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D. argues […]
What I am amazed at is that serious thinkers today continue to ask us to choose between God and science. That’s like asking people to choose between Henry Ford and engineering as an explanation of the motor car. — John Lennox
We often say ancient people were naive and prone to believe almost anything. That’s why they believed in miracles that had never happened. But is it really so? Writings from the first century of our era give quite a different picture. Let’s look into the writings that belong to the library known as New Testament […]
Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating. — Simone Weil
Lord Jesus. Meek and humble of heart, Hear me. From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being loved, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being extolled, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being honored, Deliver me, Jesus. From the desire of being praised, Deliver me, Jesus. From […]