Tag Archives: virtue

Fear of Death & Human Nature

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Natural Law and Human Rights: Toward a Recovery of Practical Reason (Catholic Ideas for a Secular World) by Pierre Manent From the introduction written by Daniel J. Mahoney: For the acting human being and the acting Christian, death cannot be … Continue reading →

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Custody of the Eyes

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Gil Bailie

In a recent reflection (again) in the Magnificat, a remark by the Thomist philosopher Josef Pieper caught my eye, if you’ll pardon the pun (which you won’t have noticed until you read what Pieper said): The cultivation of the natural … Continue reading →

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The Obedience of Faith

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Randy Coleman-Riese

“Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Matthew 6:21 That, it seems to me, is the synoptic analogue for Paul’s references to “the obedience of faith” in his Letter to the Romans (1:5; 16:26). As for the … Continue reading →

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