Online Abstinence

St. Jerome in the Desert by Leonardo da Vinci. St. Jerome fled the inanities of his own time, the Late Roman Empire, to find spiritual renewal elsewhere. For nearly a…

The Beauty of Fall

Fall is a great time of the year. I am not sure which I prefer, spring or fall, but regardless, there is a special quality to fall. The weather is…

Last Day of Summer

Today is the last day of summer. Yes, it is a sad day. The seasons are changing, the days are growing shorter and colder, and in a few months the…

Spiritual Beauty

God creating Adam as depicted by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel What is a good example of spiritual beauty? I find this passage from St. Paul something inspiring. In Ephesians…

Love And Sex

One of the themes I want to develop in this blog is the relationship, tension, conflict, dichotomy or whatever you want to call it, between sexuality and spirituality. These have…