Proverbs 27:19

As in water face answers to face, so the mind of man reflects the man.

This image of our ability for self-knowledge is beautifully accurate.  Note that the inspired writer does not say, “As in a mirror face answers to face,”…

Matthew 10:39

He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

“Paganism declared that virtue was in a balance; Christianity declared it was in a conflict: the collision of two passions…

Hell is clearly the biggest loser in the Four Last Things Popularity Poll. If there were anything in the Tradition we could get rid of, this would obviously be the thought of everlasting damnation.

The ancient Catholic truth about Hell should…

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him.

In most stories, the path to Wisdom lies through the performance of Seven Herculean Feats…

Joshua 1:5

No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you.

Having to subdue seven nations and…

Psalm 84:11

For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
He bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does the LORD withhold
From those who walk uprightly.

Today’s Scripture is the simple truth. It is not, however, the announcement of a Divine Vending Machine.…

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all vigilance;
for from it flow the springs of life.

Years after our culture has absorbed the elementary lessons of hygiene in the physical and environmental realms, we remain perfect babes in the wood when it comes…

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each.

One common form of idolatry is hero worship. There’s nothing wrong with having heroes, of course. The human soul is made…

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

One of the recurring themes in Scripture is the call to be “steadfast”…

Psalm 71:14

But I will hope continually,
and will praise thee yet more and more.

There are two ways to live life.  You can live for 70-some years or you can live the same year 70-some times.  The reason we go to mass…