by Magis Center | Dec 6, 2019 | Church Teaching, Culture, Latest, Virtue & Freedom
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...
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Dec 2, 2019 | Happiness, Latest, Virtue & Freedom
“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...
by John Clark | Nov 29, 2019 | Guest Blogs, Latest, Virtue & Freedom
“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,...
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Oct 28, 2019 | Culture, Latest, Virtue & Freedom
From sports to politics, we are living in a world of extremes. Consider the news stories relating the “extreme views” of the recent mass shooters (described as eco-terrorists) or the claim that the Brexit vote is a straight path to fostering the growth of extreme...
by John Clark | Oct 17, 2019 | Guest Blogs, Latest, Virtue & Freedom
In the 1957 movie, “12 Angry Men,” a dozen jurors are assembled for the purpose of determining whether a boy, accused with the murder of his father, is guilty of the alleged crime. The first ballot, though one-sided, lacks the required unanimity to convict: 11 guilty;...
by Magis Center | Oct 11, 2019 | Church Teaching, Culture, Latest, Virtue & Freedom
In many lists of the deadly sins, vanity is included within the sin of pride. However, some scholars—including the originator, Evagrius Ponticus—kept it separate due to its difference from pride’s lust for power and dominion. Though the cause of vanity and pride is...
