Thomistic Insights on Social Media’s Effect on the Soul

St. Thomas Aquinas is known by Catholics and non-Catholics alike as one of the greatest (if not the) greatest thinker of medieval times. His steadfast balance of contemplation and preaching led the Church to declare him a Doctor of the Catholic faith.  In his masterpiece, The Summa Theologica, Aquinas showcases his style of thinking through the strategy […]

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Pencil Preaching for Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Day 82: The Valley of Achor (2022)

Fr. Mike explains the meaning of circumcision for Israel’s relationship with God. He also underscore the gravity of Achan’s sin, and how the Valley of Achor symbolizes shame that is painful but not hopeless. Today we read Joshua 5-7 and Psalm 125. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult […]

St. Turibius of Mogrovejo

One of the first saints of the New World, the Spanish bishop St. Turibius of Mongrovejo (1538-1606) was born in Mayorga, Spain, and educated as a lawyer. He was such a brilliant scholar that he became professor of law at the University of Salamanca. In 1580 the archbishopric of Lima, capital of Spain’s colony in […]

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“Man’s need for truth and love opens him both to God and to creatures: it opens him to other people, to life ‘in communion’, and in particular to marriage and to the family.” — St. John Paul II, Letter to Families