True Freedom
The content discusses the distinction between freedom and license through the lens of Catholic faith, emphasizing that true freedom involves moral responsibility and serving others, rather than pursuing self-indulgent desires.
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Rejoicing In Boundaries
“Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.” – G.K. Chesterton People in our culture today—and I am by no means excluding Catholics from this observation—are both fascinated and repulsed by the idea of boundaries. We abhor the idea of limits to unbridled autonomy as a prisoner would…
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Freedom: Burden or Gift? What We Can Learn from St. John Paul II
The recent celebration of Independence Day is an opportunity to reflect upon our country’s great esteem for the value of freedom. Here, one does not need to be a scholar or historian to recognize that the idea of freedom has undergone—or I should more accurately say—is undergoing an incredible evolution. For example, at a recent…
