“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” That’s how Ralph Waldo Emerson described his distrust of a certain type of “private adventurer.” I think of that whenever I hear ...

When most people think of angels, they picture soft lighting, flowing robes, and a general “don’t worry, everything will be fine” energy. Enter the Seraphim—who took one look at that aesthetic and ...

In today’s post we ponder the existence of guardian angels and their role. Scripture attests to the existence of guardian angels. We begin with a text from Exodus in which the Lord says: Behold, I am ...

This is the fourth in a series of five posts on the angels and their role in our lives. The content of these posts comes from a series I taught at the Institute of Catholic Culture on the mission of ...

Christianity began with the appearance of an angel. In the gospel of Luke, Mary is told by the angel Gabriel she will conceive and bear a son and call him Jesus. Angelic messengers such as Gabriel ...

was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory. I want to reflect on just one line from this carol, and it’s the great statement in the middle, that Christ “was ...