Joy In Truth

This episode briefly explores the gift of human freedom, including some of the ways in which it is abused and pushed passed its limits, such as with situation ethics. William of Oakham was a notable figure whose philosophy undermined a proper understanding of human freedom and how it’s used. Freedom is not the power to […]

The antidote to Satan’s domination and nefarious influence is Christ and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Receiving the saving sacraments, meditating on Scripture, prayer, living a life of virtue, and otherwise living the Catholic life—these are the only solutions.

What was Jonah about? Why did Jonah not want to go to Nineveh? Why was he angry when Nineveh repented of its sins and God had mercy on its inhabitants?

Where is God’s hand in COVID-19? With the eyes of faith, we discover it in many places and in many ways. In fact, there’s no part of this pandemic in which God is absent. Not anywhere.

In celebrating Palm Sunday, often called Passion Sunday, we commemorate our Lord's entry into Jerusalem to undergo his passion and death by crucifixion.

St. Paul declares that Christians rejoice in their suffering. Wait. Rejoice in suffering? How’s that possible, and what does it mean in these uncertain times of pandemic?

We live in trying times. Mass is closed to the faithful. People are suffering in various ways. What is God’s providence, and where does it fit into all this?

Many Catholics and other Christians have questions in terms of fasting and abstinence during Lent. Is fasting important? Is it required? Is it spiritually beneficial? And what's abstinence all about?