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Wednesday on the World: Christian Hope is Grounded in the Unconditional Love of God
This week's Wednesday on the World continues last week's theme of Christian hope. In this episode, Fr. Robert Spitzer shows that Christian hope is firmly grounded in God's unconditional love in three ways: Jesus' revelation of who the Father is by calling Him Abba....
Overcoming Scrupulosity with Moral Conversion
In 1984, Hollywood released “Gremlins,” a film about a father who brings home an unidentifiable furry little animal as a Christmas present for his son. Turns out, this little guy is even more unique than they realized. If you feed it after midnight, it spawns...
Wednesday on the World: Christian Hope Grounded in Evidence and Reason
In this episode of Wednesday on the World, Fr. Robert Spitzer focuses on Christian hope. Father explains how Christian hope is grounded in both metaphysical and scientific evidence. He then shows how Christian hope is both reasonable and responsible. Watch the full...
8 Deadly Sins in Literature: Anger
The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines anger as a desire for revenge. However, prior to the time of Jesus, anger was not interpreted as necessarily negative. Some stoic philosophers (e.g., Galen and Seneca) viewed anger as a weakness—and even a kind of...
Wednesday on the World: 3 Objectives to Make Advent Joyful, Peaceful, and Hopeful
The liturgical season of Advent is here! For this week's Wednesday on the World, Fr. Robert Spitzer delves into three objectives to keep in mind this Advent: reconciliation, deepening of prayer life, and allowing the joy, peace, and hope of Advent to lead us into the...
Advent: A Time for Choices, Change, and Even Happiness
"He looks on me individually, He calls me by my name, He knows what I can do, what I can best be, what is my greatest happiness, and He means to give it me.” -St. John Henry Newman As the Advent season begins, it might seem odd to mention happiness. Aren’t we supposed...
Overcoming Scrupulosity with Spiritual Conversion
“Do you know what happened to my heart? When I saw you, my heart fell in love with you.” These words were spoken by a little girl explaining how she felt when she first saw her adoptive mother. The recent video of this conversation has made the rounds on the internet,...
Wednesday on the World: Move from Depression to Faith and Happiness
Happy Thanksgiving from the Magis Center! Though we are a day late with this week's Wednesday on the World, the episode below is worth the wait, as it offers an incredible resource for you and your family. Last week, Fr. Spitzer talked about the rise of depression and...
Why Do People Believe in God?
God is a “fiction” created by the human person, a delusion. At least, this is the narrative proclaimed by the new atheists, such as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris, to any and all who will lend them an ear. Dawkins considers belief in God to be a delusion: a persistent...
Faith as a Scientist and Faith as a Catholic
"Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.' It is a quality which the scientist cannot dispense with." Max Planck, “Where is...
