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Tymes Goe by Turnes by St. Robert Southwell The lopped trees in tyme may growe againe; Most naked plants renewe both frute and floure; ...

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) was, of course, the Roman emperor, and we find this reflected in his notes to himself, which were written while...

There is nothing so capable of banishing the inveterate habits of licentiousness from our soul, and of driving away those active memories wh...

Fr. Lawrence Dewan died last week of pancreatic cancer. He taught philosophy at Dominican University College until this past December. His ...

This is virtue: that in his mind a man should be unoccupied with the world. As long as the senses have dealings with external things, the he...

Leigh Johnson has a humorous post on what she can expect from students when teaching Plato's story of the Ring of Gyges . I teach the Ri...

Moderation adorns all things; for without moderation, even things deemed good become harmful. Homily 1