You Can Only Feed a Hungry Man (or, Aquinas’ helpful definition of real alms-giving)

You Can Only Feed a Hungry Man (or, Aquinas’ helpful definition of real alms-giving)

This is an excerpt from the book The Traditional Virtues According to St. Thomas Aquinas: A Study for Men, by Jason M. Craig. A thing lives when it breathes in and out. The virtue of charity is only alive when it “” in and out, so to speak, in loving God and man. This love is more than a feeling. “[It] is an act of charity to do good to ot...

By Mr. Jason Craig - 02 28 2024
Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday

The voice of hospital receptionist sounded concerned. “His name is Angel.” She was calling to inform me that a family was requesting my presence at the bedside of a man who did not have long to live. It was Ash Wednesday. I was filling-in for a vacationing pastor, so I checked the Mass schedule, then told the receptionist that I would ...

By "Fr. Luke" - 02 23 2024
Chiropractor Chapel

Chiropractor Chapel

Two nuns occupy a corner of the waiting room. I take a seat near the door. To my right, an elderly woman pages through a copy of People magazine. On the sidewalk outside the window, a mother is giving instructions to three children.  The oldest one, a boy, frowns and stomps his foot. Soon, they enter the door and the sisters beckon the family...

By "Fr. Luke" - 02 05 2024