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June 11, 2019 Scott P. Richert

Which comes first, the gift of faith, or the structures and opportunities that help open one’s soul to that gift?

2025
- Nov 1, 2025 The Greatest Desire of Our Heart Nov 1, 2025
- Sep 14, 2025 Clash of the Iconoclasts (Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie) Sep 14, 2025
2024
- Dec 25, 2024 O Little Town of Bethlehem Dec 25, 2024
- Dec 8, 2024 Dreaming of Trains Dec 8, 2024
- Nov 11, 2024 Economic Patriotism Nov 11, 2024
- Nov 3, 2024 The Countermarch: Taking Back the Culture Nov 3, 2024
- Jul 25, 2024 A Blessed Model of Humility Jul 25, 2024
- Jan 14, 2024 An Epiphany Jan 14, 2024
- Jan 13, 2024 The Cheap Trick of Whiteness Jan 13, 2024
- Jan 10, 2024 Returning to Reality Jan 10, 2024
2023
- Dec 28, 2023 Physics and Philosophy: Or, How Stephen Hawking Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Big Bang Dec 28, 2023
2022
- Dec 31, 2022 Pope Benedict XVI and Islam: Allah the Irrational Dec 31, 2022
- Jun 4, 2022 Credo: Or, A Tree Is a Tree Because of You and Me Jun 4, 2022
- May 9, 2022 Christ and History May 9, 2022
2020
- Nov 21, 2020 Eternal Memory Nov 21, 2020
- Nov 8, 2020 Chaos and Community Nov 8, 2020
- Nov 1, 2020 Power to the People! Nov 1, 2020
- Nov 1, 2020 Taking Back the Culture Nov 1, 2020
- Oct 28, 2020 The Day After Oct 28, 2020
- Sep 29, 2020 Losing Our Minds Sep 29, 2020
- Aug 31, 2020 I've Got a Secret Aug 31, 2020
- Aug 4, 2020 One Moment in Time Aug 4, 2020
- Aug 4, 2020 For the Children Aug 4, 2020
- Apr 19, 2020 The Sunday of many names Apr 19, 2020
- Apr 18, 2020 Have mercy on us Apr 18, 2020
- Apr 17, 2020 When is a Friday not a Friday? Apr 17, 2020
- Apr 16, 2020 Dandelion wine Apr 16, 2020
- Apr 15, 2020 April showers Apr 15, 2020
- Apr 14, 2020 A new springtime? Apr 14, 2020
- Apr 13, 2020 This is the feast Apr 13, 2020
- Apr 12, 2020 Christ is risen! Apr 12, 2020
- Apr 11, 2020 Awake, O sleeper Apr 11, 2020
- Apr 10, 2020 It is finished Apr 10, 2020
- Apr 9, 2020 True riches Apr 9, 2020
- Apr 8, 2020 The Prayer of St. Ephrem the Syrian Apr 8, 2020
- Apr 7, 2020 Conspiracy theories Apr 7, 2020
- Apr 6, 2020 We are an Easter people Apr 6, 2020
- Apr 5, 2020 How the story ends Apr 5, 2020
- Apr 4, 2020 Hope in God Apr 4, 2020
- Apr 3, 2020 The Jesus Prayer Apr 3, 2020
- Apr 2, 2020 The noonday devil Apr 2, 2020
- Apr 1, 2020 Hitting the wall Apr 1, 2020
- Mar 31, 2020 Signs, symbols and reality Mar 31, 2020
- Mar 30, 2020 ‘What you are now, we once were’ Mar 30, 2020
- Mar 29, 2020 ‘Help my unbelief’ Mar 29, 2020
- Mar 28, 2020 Christ in our midst Mar 28, 2020
- Mar 27, 2020 ‘Be still and know that I am God’ Mar 27, 2020
- Mar 26, 2020 Be at my side Mar 26, 2020
- Mar 25, 2020 She said ‘yes’ Mar 25, 2020
- Mar 24, 2020 ‘Be still and know that I am God’ Mar 24, 2020
- Mar 23, 2020 Homeward bound Mar 23, 2020
- Mar 22, 2020 Rejoice, Jerusalem Mar 22, 2020
- Mar 21, 2020 There and back again Mar 21, 2020
- Mar 20, 2020 The imitation of Christ Mar 20, 2020
- Mar 19, 2020 The Light of Life Mar 19, 2020
- Mar 18, 2020 Love in the ruins Mar 18, 2020
- Mar 17, 2020 We’ll leave the light on for you Mar 17, 2020
- Mar 17, 2020 A Lenten journey through death into life Mar 17, 2020
- Mar 16, 2020 Introibo ad altare Dei Mar 16, 2020
- Mar 15, 2020 For Whom the Bell Tolls Mar 15, 2020
- Mar 14, 2020 Living in service of others Mar 14, 2020
- Mar 13, 2020 A day of change Mar 13, 2020
- Mar 3, 2020 The coronavirus and a stark reminder that wellness was not always a given Mar 3, 2020
- Feb 18, 2020 Meet Rod Blago Feb 18, 2020
- Feb 18, 2020 Everything in Its Place Feb 18, 2020
- Feb 18, 2020 Hot Rod Lincoln Feb 18, 2020
- Feb 12, 2020 The Amazon exhortation is a ‘Humanae Vitae’ moment for the Church Feb 12, 2020
- Feb 3, 2020 Understanding the ‘front porch of Lent’ Feb 3, 2020
- Jan 21, 2020 A teachable moment for Catholic leaders Jan 21, 2020
- Jan 21, 2020 A teachable moment for Catholic leaders Jan 21, 2020
- Jan 6, 2020 Truths, half-truths and ‘The Two Popes’ Jan 6, 2020
2019
- Dec 20, 2019 Put not your trust in princes Dec 20, 2019
- Dec 10, 2019 As we approach the manger, remember God is with us Dec 10, 2019
- Nov 25, 2019 At Mass, do we recognize the greatest of all mysteries? Nov 25, 2019
- Nov 16, 2019 To whom should we go? Nov 16, 2019
- Nov 15, 2019 Truth of Blood and Time Nov 15, 2019
- Nov 9, 2019 Wrestling With God Nov 9, 2019
- Oct 24, 2019 Demons and Saints Oct 24, 2019
- Oct 23, 2019 The Devil Hates Halloween (And He Wants You to Hate It, Too) Oct 23, 2019
- Oct 23, 2019 The Exorcist, Horror, and Faith Oct 23, 2019
- Oct 9, 2019 Halloween, Jack Chick, and Anti-Catholicism Oct 9, 2019
- Oct 9, 2019 Did Pope Benedict XVI Condemn Halloween? Oct 9, 2019
- Oct 7, 2019 Aaron D. Wolf, R.I.P. Oct 7, 2019
- Sep 30, 2019 ‘Lead, Kindly Light’ Sep 30, 2019
- Sep 25, 2019 A New Teleology Sep 25, 2019
- Sep 17, 2019 Incarnation and human scale Sep 17, 2019
- Aug 30, 2019 No guarantees: Why parents must pray like St. Monica Aug 30, 2019
- Aug 19, 2019 Imagine this: the consequences when we fail to feed our faith Aug 19, 2019
- Aug 6, 2019 The best lack all conviction Aug 6, 2019
- Jul 22, 2019 Modeling rituals for our children Jul 22, 2019
- Jul 9, 2019 Divine repetition Jul 9, 2019
- Jun 19, 2019 What should we see at consecration? Jun 19, 2019
- Jun 14, 2019 The Word Remains Jun 14, 2019
- Jun 13, 2019 An Historian and a Prophet Jun 13, 2019
- Jun 11, 2019 Jerusalem is present in your town — here’s why Jun 11, 2019
- May 23, 2019 Finding the undying love of Christ in family May 23, 2019
- May 13, 2019 Two wrongs can make a right May 13, 2019
- Apr 29, 2019 Brothers through the blood of the Lamb Apr 29, 2019
- Apr 17, 2019 Where two or three Apr 17, 2019
- Apr 4, 2019 Sufficient to the Day Apr 4, 2019
- Apr 3, 2019 A cloud of witnesses Apr 3, 2019
- Mar 7, 2019 Returning to Earth Mar 7, 2019
- Feb 7, 2019 Life Is Not a Fantasy Feb 7, 2019
- Jan 10, 2019 Picture This Jan 10, 2019
2018
- Dec 7, 2018 Pontius Pilate, Ora Pro Nobis Dec 7, 2018
- Nov 8, 2018 Quod Scripsi, Scripsi Nov 8, 2018
- Oct 11, 2018 A Generation in Need of Editing Oct 11, 2018
- Sep 6, 2018 Drain the Swamp Sep 6, 2018
- Jul 12, 2018 Hungry Heart Jul 12, 2018
- Jun 7, 2018 The Telegraph and the Clothesline Jun 7, 2018
- May 10, 2018 Can We Talk? May 10, 2018
- Apr 5, 2018 Alien Nation Apr 5, 2018
- Mar 8, 2018 The Quest for Community Mar 8, 2018
- Feb 8, 2018 Welcome Back, Potter Feb 8, 2018
- Jan 11, 2018 Freedom From Obligation Jan 11, 2018
2017
- Dec 8, 2017 Get Big or Get Out Dec 8, 2017
- Nov 2, 2017 Chronicles of Culture Nov 2, 2017
- Oct 5, 2017 Breeding Mosquitos Oct 5, 2017
- Sep 7, 2017 East of Eden Sep 7, 2017
- Mar 2, 2017 The Man in the High Castle Mar 2, 2017
- Jan 5, 2017 Why Fake News Matters Jan 5, 2017
2016
- Dec 8, 2016 Time and Again Dec 8, 2016
- Dec 8, 2016 Faking It Dec 8, 2016
- Oct 1, 2016 Our Corner of the Vineyard Oct 1, 2016
- Sep 8, 2016 11.22.63 Sep 8, 2016
- May 5, 2016 From Tradition and Away From Tradition May 5, 2016
- May 5, 2016 The Ties That Bind May 5, 2016
- Feb 4, 2016 Learning as I Go Feb 4, 2016
2015
- Oct 8, 2015 A Walk in the Woods Oct 8, 2015
- Aug 7, 2015 Wayward Pines Aug 7, 2015
2014
- Jul 4, 2014 A New Declaration of Independence Jul 4, 2014
2013
- Jun 6, 2013 Is Lying Ever Justified? Jun 6, 2013
- May 6, 2013 #RealityIsReality May 6, 2013
2012
- Oct 1, 2012 Meet Me at Mary’s Place Oct 1, 2012
- Jul 3, 2012 The United States of Generica Jul 3, 2012
- Jun 9, 2012 Ray Bradbury, R.I.P. Jun 9, 2012
- Jan 3, 2012 A Good and Faithful Servant Jan 3, 2012
2011
- Apr 1, 2011 Fool for the Truth Apr 1, 2011
2010
- Oct 4, 2010 Remembering Joe Oct 4, 2010
1996
- Oct 1, 1996 His Final Lesson Oct 1, 1996
1994
- Mar 1, 1994 An Oasis in an Arid Desert Mar 1, 1994

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