The essence of obscenity is the turning of the inner mystery into a jest.
The conclusion is that the physical theory and the mathematical theory of science are valid methods but not valid philosophies. Facts need interpretation the physical theory forgets that it has no suc...
The celibate is bound to feel lonely in that atmosphere, but it is a different kind of loneliness that plagues the erotic. The former is tempted because, in the natural order, he is without a partner;...
The Angelic Doctor himself is not certain that the astronomical theories of his own time explain the heavens and the movements of the sun and the stars
THOSE who start with the pagan philosophy of sex must face life as a descent. Associated with a growing old, there is a loss of physical energy and the horrible perspective of death. The Christian phi...
Someone once told the story of a man who went out from England in a rowboat, came back, and made a great discovery — he discovered England. It is not unlikely that in the near future, the psychologist...
Some faces are never so gay as when regaling a scandal, which the generous heart would cover and the devout heart pray over.
So when God pulls down the curtain on the drama of the world’s redemption, He will not ask what part we played, but only how well we played the role assigned to us.
So it is when we measure ourselves by God, we fall infinitely short; and when we compare ourselves with many who have given us inspiration, we feel a deep sense of unworthiness. But behind it all, and...
Sensationalists miss divinity for just that reason: the true religion is always unspectacular. The foolish virgins go to buy oil for their lamps, and when they come back, they find the Bridegroom alre...
Philosophy, like science, is only a collection of hypotheses, introduced for the usefulness of the ensemble, or for economy of thought.
Our Blessed Lord used an illustration of this mystery, You cannot understand the blowing of the wind, but you obey its laws and thus harness its force; so also with the Spirit. Obey the law of the win...
No soul ever fell away from God without giving up prayer. Prayer is that which establishes contact with the divine power and opens the invisible resources of heaven. However dark the way, when we pray...
Like all great divorces, whether they be marital or epistemological, it had its antecedents in history.
Let no one think he can be totally indifferent to God in this life and suddenly develop a capacity for Him at the moment of death.
It is well to remember that authorities in the field of science are really opinions, and that such authorities have a wax nose and can be led anywhere one chooses.
Facts themselves do not give knowledge
At Cana, [Mary] gave Him as a Savior to sinners; on the Cross He gave her as a refuge to sinners.
Another evidence of this same disrespect for rational foundations is the general readiness of the modern mind to accept a statement because of the literary way in which it is couched, or because of th...
A word of caution, then, is necessary when a statement is made by a scientist turned philosopher, just as a word of caution is necessary when a statement is made by a philosopher turned scientist, or...