Does the Mass Say Christmas Is About Justice?
John O’Callaghan, ND Associate Professor of Philosophy, questions the liturgy to see whether Christmas is about justice or... something else.
December 2018
A Commonplace Christmas
Anne Horcher, University of Notre Dame English major and intern for the ND Center for Liturgy, meditates upon G.K. Chesterton's poem "The Nativity."
Fourth Sunday of Advent: Someone Is Hidden in This Dark
Carolyn Pirtle, ND Center for Liturgy Program Director, revisits the Jessica Powers poem "Advent" on the last Sunday of Advent.
Fear the Innocence of Children
Georges Bernanos imagines what an agnostic would preach to a congregation of ordinary believers.
Faith Is Not a Big Electric Blanket
Jordan Haddad, CUA Ph.D. student in Systematic Theology, discusses Flannery O'Connor's channeling of John the Baptist's freakish Advent spirit.
Love Is Always Conditional
Leonard DeLorenzo, faculty member at the McGrath Institute for Church Life, on the conditions that make the human condition what it is.
The Four Waves of the U.S. Catholic Abuse Crisis
Kim Daniels, Initiative on Catholic Social Thought & Public Life Associate Director, puts the 2018 crisis in historical perspective & looks for a way forward.
Third Sunday in Advent: A Call to Surrender
Anne Horcher, University of Notre Dame English major and intern for the ND Center for Liturgy, analyzes John Keble's “Third Sunday in Advent.”
The History of Natural Law
John Milbank, President of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy, continues his series by laying out the history of natural law.
Fitting a Saddle Onto a Cow
Brooke Tranten, ND MTS history of Christianity student, observes how and why communism failed in Poland because of the Church.
The Sham Practice of Christmas
Haley Stewart, writer, speaker, and podcaster looks to Josef Pieper and Charles Dickens to critique the hyper-commercialization of the Christmas season.
Hildegard of Bingen's Vital Contribution to the Concept of Woman
Abigail Favale, George Fox U. Penn Honors Program Director, surveys Sr. Allen's magisterial "The Concept of Woman" with a focus on gender complementarity.
The Virgin Mary as “Eternal Woman”
Ann Astell, ND Professor of Theology, revisits Getrud von Le Fort's theology of femininity in light of Prudence Allen's Concept of Woman.
The Unremarkable Sunday in Advent
Anne Horcher, University of Notre Dame English major and intern for the ND Center for Liturgy, analyzes John Keble's “Second Sunday in Advent.”
Dostoevsky on the Demonic Decimation of a Shareable World
Cyril O'Regan, ND Huisking Chair in Theology, argues that the solipsistic characters in Dostoevsky's major novels reveal modernity's demonic loneliness.
A Revisionist Account of Natural Law and Natural Right
John Milbank, President of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy, gives an alternative account of the history and meaning of natural law and natural rights.
Advent Flesh?
Paul Griffiths, theologian and author of many books, applies the arguments of his new book "Christian Flesh" to the Advent season.
Advocata Nostra and the Devil's Due
Stephen Metzger, PhD ND Medieval Institute, investigates the meaning and purpose of calling the Blessed Virgin Mary our advocate, especially during Advent.
The Advent Corrective to Locke's Lonely Liberalism
Sofia Carozza, ND senior majoring in Neuroscience & Theology, explores how research on neurodevelopment can shed light on Advent and critique liberalism.
First Sunday in Advent: The Bridegroom Comes
Timothy O'Malley, Director ND Center for Liturgy, kicks off our Advent commentary on devotional poetry series with Christina Rossetti's "Advent Sunday."
