1. The Transcendent Purpose of Life
(Columns/2010)

... than we could possibly have anticipated. James V. Schall, S.J., a professor at Georgetown University, is one of the most prolific Catholic writers in America. His most recent book is The Mind ...

2. The Relativist's World
(Columns/2010)

Most people most of the time in human history have judged the world to manifest some definite order. Nature, including human nature, manifests purpose and intelligence which shines through the many accidents ...

3. The Lord’s Enemies
(Columns/2010)

... adventure of what is more than ourselves. God’s enemies take God seriously as an enemy; otherwise they cannot affirm themselves as something greater than God.   James V. Schall, S.J., a ...

4. Plato's Offspring
(Columns/2010)

... a good due to them, for which lack both parents are responsible. James V. Schall, S.J., a professor at Georgetown University, is one of the most prolific Catholic writers in America. His most recent ...

5. What We Read Together
(Columns/2010)

... honor.   James V. Schall, S.J., a professor at GeorgetownUniversity, is one of the most prolific Catholic writers in America.His most recent book isThe Mind That Is Catholic. (c) 2010 ...

6. After the Ascension
(Columns/2010)

... know it. James V. Schall, S.J., a professor at GeorgetownUniversity, is one of the most prolific Catholic writers in America. His most recent book is The Mind That Is Catholic. (c) 2010 The ...

7. Newman's "Biglietto Speech"
(Columns/2010)

... to see the salvation of God.” We should be grateful to reread these wise words of Newman. James V. Schall, S.J., a professor at GeorgetownUniversity, is one of the most prolific Catholic writers ...

8. Nature’s God
(Columns/2010)

... as a rational being announces this truth to the one being in nature that is free to understand, the one being that is not himself the transcendent God. James V. Schall, S.J., a professor at GeorgetownUniversity, ...

9. Varieties of Justice
(Columns/2010)

...  James V. Schall, S.J., a professor at GeorgetownUniversity, is one of the most prolific Catholic writers in America. His most recent book is The Mind That Is Catholic. (c) 2010 The Catholic ...

10. Our Witness Protection Program
(Columns/2010)

... Fr. James V. Schall, S.J., who concelebrated, along with about an equal number we hope will join our ranks soon. Many of us had been waiting for this and there were few dry eyes in the chapel when the ...

11. On the Reception of Good Men
(Columns/2010)

... telling us that we and our laws do not affirm what is the good for all of us. James V. Schall, S.J., a professor at GeorgetownUniversity, is one of the most prolific Catholic writers in America. ...

12. What Civilizes Us?
(Columns/2010)

... but to what is beyond itself. When it does not, as the Chinese worry, we lose even ourselves. James V. Schall, S.J., a professor at Georgetown University, is one of the most prolific Catholic writers ...

13. Good Friday
(Columns/2010)

... a dullness that refuses to accept the joys that we are offered through the Cross.   James V. Schall, S.J., a professor at Georgetown University, is one of the most prolific Catholic writers ...

14. The "Jealous" God
(Columns/2010)

From my youth, I can recall a haunting tango called “Jealousy.” Harry James did a version of it. Many classical artists have done full orchestral performances. Something sultry and haunting ...

15. The Prince of this World
(Columns/2010)

... that God would so completely violate His glory.” This “violation,” this Cross, is our redemption which we, too, need to see and accept. James V. Schall, S.J., a professor at Georgetown ...

16. Lent
(Columns/2010)

... how they have failed to recognize what has been freely sent into the world for their salvation.   James V. Schall, S.J., a professor at Georgetown University, is one of the most prolific Catholic ...

17. Diversity
(Columns/2010)

... unnatural. James V. Schall, S.J., a professor at Georgetown University, is one of the most prolific Catholic writers in America. His most recent book is The Mind That Is Catholic. (c) 2010 ...

18. Ivory Tower
(Columns/2010)

... we deal with souls here. James V. Schall, S.J., a professor at Georgetown University, is one of the most prolific Catholic writers in America. His most recent book is The Mind That Is Catholic. ...

19. The Liturgical Year
(Columns/2010)

... to the eternal “now” of the Trinity. James V. Schall, S.J., a professor at Georgetown University, is one of the most prolific Catholic writers in America. His most recent book is The Mind ...

20. Te Deum Laudamus
(Columns/2009)

... it, which is precisely what we are asked to do at the end and beginning of each year. James V. Schall, S.J., a professor at Georgetown University, is one of the most prolific Catholic writers in ...