Articles The Relationship between Virtue and Happiness by Kevin Vost Virtue is actually essential for happiness because virtues give us the power to have control over ourselves, to seek the things that we know will truly make us happy. When we’re mired in...
Articles Forming Your Conscience Blessed John Henry Newman once wrote on a “miserable counterfeit of conscience” that promotes the right to self-will. Newman sought to reinforce that we cannot overlook revealed moral truths. Catholics are often told to...
Articles What was Jesus’ Mission on Earth? God the Father is much more than a human father, but sometimes he seems to be less. What human father would ask his own son to sacrifice himself to fulfill the father’s will? Would it not be the other way around?...
Articles Why the Eucharist is Important in Your Daily Life The Eucharist is so powerful, but we often don’t notice this. It seems that usually God transforms our hearts gradually at our pace over time. This gentle approach helps to solidify our...
Spitzer Center Blog Distraction & Discernment The world that we live in is so … it’s so hard to hear our hearts. This was a great insight of C.S. Lewis in his book The Screwtape Letters, and I think I’m conflating two letters, but he gets...
Articles Augustine, Aquinas, Plato, and Aristotle It’s typically held that Augustine based his philosophy and theology on the teaching of Plato. Aquinas, by contrast, is said to have based his teachings on the thought of Aristotle. Did that put them in...
