This book, by the late Jesuit theologian Xavier Tilliette, discusses how philosophers from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries—including Descartes, Pascal, Leibniz, Fichte, and Hegel, as well as a number of minor figures—engaged with the doctrine of the Eucharist. It needs to . . . . Continue Reading »
Down a deeply rutted dirt road, far from Russia’s centers of power and wealth, sits a small compound behind twelve-foot-high brick walls. People in the nearest village, several miles away, have heard rumors that an odd man lives there, a monk perhaps. But no one has seen him or knows anything . . . . Continue Reading »
Pure hospitality applied to the Eucharist implies a universalism of the worst sort: It is the radical insistence that the church is without any positive identity whatever. Continue Reading »
The primary purpose of Mass is to worship God, to give him the glory and adoration that are his due. That holds true whether or not we receive Communion at Mass. Continue Reading »
Watch Cardinal Dolan and Fr. Vincent Druding discuss the “Jesus in Zion” Revival at Holy Cross Church in the Bronx, inspired by the Asbury Revival. Continue Reading »
Unfortunately, it is not uncommon today to hear Catholic leaders affirm unorthodox views that, not too long ago, would have been espoused only by heretics. Continue Reading »
Your average textbook on Eucharistic theology won't have a substantial discussion of Descartes, Hobbes, Kant, Hegel, or Schiller. There are historical and theological reasons why that’s regrettable. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas joins the podcast to discuss his recent article, “What’s Really Needed for a ‘Eucharistic Revival?’” Continue Reading »
Here is the hope of the gospel: There is a love stronger than death, a love more jealously possessive than the grave. Continue Reading »
Bishop Robert Barron joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Eucharist, and the Word On Fire bookstore. Continue Reading »
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