https://www.firstthings.com/article/2023/02/the-west-post–or-pre-christian

Every human being has a natural desire for God. Many don’t believe in God but that doesn’t mean God is not there, caring even for those who don’t believe in Him. We can either heed our natural desire for God and search for Him, or we can frustrate it, by...

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/01/woman-is-the-glory-of-man

One of the more unfortunate effects of the pandemic has been that people no longer enjoy easy physical access to the doctor. We can understand why but it is still a situation that most would prefer to change. For one thing is to order your shopping online, quite another is...

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/01/letters-from-rome-4 Benedict XVI: A Tribute

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/01/letters-from-rome-3 https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/01/what-benedict-saw https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/04/the-guardian-view-on-catholicism-after-benedict-winds-of-change-blow-from-below

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/01/letters-from-rome-1   https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/01/remembering-benedict   https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/01/letters-from-rome-2

One thing about church buildings is that they demand a lot of attention – and I wish it was just of the TLC kind!   Over the past 18 months at St. Mary’s in Largs, we’ve had to call in roofers to deal with numerous water ingress problems. Just when...

The Son of God drew his humanity from Mary. Hers was a uniquely pure humanity, soaked with the fullness of grace and matured by the fullness of her freed yes to God. Being free from sin did not make her less human, because to sin is not human. It is...