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Randall Smith
Randall B. Smith is a Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His latest book is From Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death, Immortality, and the Resurrection of the Body.
A Traditional Catholic Wife?
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Humankind cannot bear very much reality
Sunday, May 15, 2016
How to Listen at Mass
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Setting the Prisoner Free
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Ad Hominem Violence
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Penance, Absolution, and Forgiveness of Sins
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Why a Church?
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Papal Errors
Friday, February 12, 2016
You Don’t Have to Like a Pope
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Two Faces in the Crowd
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Hope in a Time of Darkness and Despair
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
The Habit of Thanksgiving
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Reverence and Respect
Thursday, November 19, 2015
In Search of Better Homilies
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Rethinking Birthdays
Friday, October 23, 2015
Religion, Violence, and Ignorant Bigotry
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Seminarians: Training to be Doctors of the Soul?
Friday, September 25, 2015
Love Thy Spouse
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
The International Catholic University Solution
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
The Habit of Seeing God Face to Face
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Martyrdom Then and Now
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
The Little Stories We Tell Ourselves
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Faith: Spiritual Light that Enlightens the Mind
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Flesh and Spirit
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Are Catholics Afraid to Question?
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Catholicism vs. Materialism
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
A “War” between Science and Religion?
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
The Active and Contemplative Life
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Are “Facts” the Only Kind of Truth?
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Morality, Facts, and Opinions
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Mission Fit in Catholic High Schools
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Love as a Virtue
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Love as Passion – and Virtue
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Of Scandal and Catholic Schools
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Is The Second Coming Still Coming?
Sunday, December 7, 2014
The Limits of a Secular Age
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Conscience and Reality
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Conscience and Truth
Saturday, October 18, 2014
The Challenge of the Church’s Social Magisterium
Saturday, October 4, 2014
The Reality of the Church’s Social Magisterium
Sunday, September 14, 2014
A Modest Proposal for Dying Religious Communities
Thursday, August 28, 2014
A Right to Complain, an Obligation to Help
Thursday, August 14, 2014
The Heavens Declare the Glory of God
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
A Pastoral and Dogmatic Council
Saturday, July 19, 2014
A Higher Power
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Suffering Servant, the Circuit Breaker
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Ignoring a Pope While Pretending to Listen
Thursday, May 29, 2014
The “Sensus Fidelium” and Popular Piety
Thursday, May 15, 2014
The Proper Sense of the ‘Sensus Fidelium’
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Why I Don’t Write About the Vatican
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
