Reader BasilinCatholicism for the Modern World·19 hours agoAn Invitation: a chanter’s perspective on life and liturgyChrist is Risen! — Christ is Risen! Before being received into the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, I was in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. …Catholic4 min read
Katherine Erika·2 days agoHow The Kalam Worldview Reconciles My Catholic Dilemma: The Classic ‘Omniscience vs Free Will’The dilemma of God’s omniscience and men’s free will is a perennial question. What I didn’t expect is to find an explanation from the Kalam… — The dilemma of God’s omniscience and men’s free will is a perennial question. What I didn’t expect is to find an explanation from the Kalam worldview (Islamic medieval scholasticism). This classic dilemma goes like this: as God is the creator of time, God cannot be constrained by it. As such…Catholicism7 min read
Harry SeitzinFuck Niches·2 days agoDivine Advice for Matt Damon 38God and Satan love me because I’m Matt Damon — Dear Divine Advice, Why does Ben get nicknames and I don’t? I have a nickname for him, Ben Affleck the Big Dumb Que– Wait a second, I wasn’t about to say what you think, I was going to say Que– Dammit, “Queen’ kind of means the same thing. Where the…Satire4 min read
Joseph SerwachinCatholic Way Home·3 days agoThe Most Loving Catholic Way to Lose Weight, Beat Addictions Right NowOne potato chip is a gift from God — eating a giant bag of potato chips is the sin of sloth: Did Catholics invent intermittent fasting? — You’re born hungry, so food and faith are roads. The original meaning of diet? A way of life. The first Christians were similarly called The Way. Catholicism and diets are both roads you follow — or try to follow. But we get detoured (sin means “missing the mark”). …Food7 min read
Paul CombsinBlow Your Stack·4 days agoGod, Grammar, and the Sheer Arrogant Idiocy of ManThis one’s been brewing for a while — This may come as a shock to many of you, but I do not immediately publish a rant about every news item that infuriates me the minute I encounter it. There are many times I do (Greg Abbott press conferences almost ensure an immediate response), but there are times where…Rant6 min read
J.P. IglesiasinCatholicism for the Modern World·4 days agoA Crisis of Love, Part 1What Love Is Not — We like to think that we live in a world that cares for values. We stand up for ‘democracy’–whatever that means–and stand against “tyranny”–again, whatever that means. At the core of this two positions, standing up for ‘freedom’ and standing against “oppression”, the idea of love is often mentioned. It…Love8 min read
Michael SnelleninCatholicism for the Modern World·4 days agoDeus Vult! Our Third Weekly NewsletterCatholicism for the Modern World is the biggest Catholic publication on Medium, now with 80+ writers! — Subscribe to this newsletter so that it comes directly to your inbox: https://medium.com/catholicism-for-the-modern-world/newsletters/deus-vult-our-weekly-newsletter It has been another great week for the publication! We have gained many more writers, many great ones who are adding new content to the page daily.Catholic3 min read
Estelle AmodiainCatholicism for the Modern World·4 days agoHow I Fell Away From Catholicism and ReturnedWanting to be a saint — Wanting to be a saint At six years old my role models were Princess Diana and Mother Teresa, so I knew I had aspirations to become a saint one day with the latter. This went on throughout my first few years in elementary school and finding myself still wanting to…Anxiety8 min read
