Advent is a Time of Watching and Waiting
“Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come.”
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![LEFT: Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio in 2012 [U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released]. RIGHT: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2019 [CC BY 2.0/Chris Rank for Rank Studios/Flickr/Wikimedia Commons].](https://publisher-publish.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20201201011232_fdab1919ee4ab762575cd16c05f4507673d7d3ce73af5f8859c8d7048547222a.jpeg "LEFT: Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio in 2012 [U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released]. RIGHT: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2019 [CC BY 2.0/Chris Rank for Rank Studios/Flickr/Wikimedia Commons].")
5 Thoughts on ‘Brooklyn Diocese v. Cuomo’
The court majority is restoring the full vigor of the first right in the First Amendment after a protracted period of anemia.
![Fernando Gallego [1440-1507], “St. Andrew and St. Peter”](https://publisher-publish.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2020113015114_a06d506c36c9be311ad5670172fc26e3dd2387502b66b35378f59d88b208535c.jpeg "Fernando Gallego [1440-1507], “St. Andrew and St. Peter”")
On the Feast of St. Andrew, Some Thoughts About Brothers
COMMENTARY: Twenty centuries ago, a brother knew he was his brother’s keeper.
An Advent Retreat: It’s Time
Welcome to “An Advent Retreat,” four weeks of reflections on making this a holy season.
Thanksgiving is Under Assault in Many Different Ways
The woke are like the Puritans. Both could benefit from a day of thanksgiving and penance.
We are Given the Spirit as a Spirit of Judgment
The cross is a sign of judgment. A God who dies on a cross is a God who takes love and sin seriously.
Don’t Immanentize the Eschaton!
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, is an omniscient and loving God. Accept no immanent substitutes.
The Month of November is a Lesson in Ecclesiology
November reminds us that there have been many others at the same work of salvation that we are, praying many of the same prayers that we do, going to the same Mass that we do, receiving the same sacraments that we do.
The Return of the Sunday Mass Obligation Will Be a Chance to Do Things Better — Let’s Not Waste It
The gradual return to “normalcy” will be an opportunity to correct problems and abuses that have crept into the Church over the last 50 years.
Man is the Apex of Creation — So Let’s Get to Work!
In man, God has a co-creator, a viceroy responsible for his creation.
