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Aquinas Explained Simply
Why Read Thomas Aquinas? For many people, Thomas Aquinas seems intimidating. His books are massive. His arguments are precise. His language can feel foreign to modern readers. Yet beneath the technical vocabulary lies something surprisingly simple. Aquinas was asking the same questions we ask today: For Aquinas, philosophy was never merely an intellectual exercise. It…
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The Argument from Contingency
The Strongest Philosophical Argument for God’s Existence The strongest philosophical argument for God’s existence in the Catholic intellectual tradition is the argument from contingency. Everything we encounter in the universe is contingent. Trees, planets, stars, animals, human beings, and even entire galaxies do not contain within themselves the reason for their existence. They depend on…
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The Lord’s Prayer, Neuroscience, and Grace
A Catholic reflection on how the prayer taught by Christ forms the soul, renews the mind, and cultivates holy patterns of trust, hope, surrender, forgiveness, and perseverance. I’ve been meditating on the Lord’s Prayer and have come to appreciate how deeply it speaks to both the soul and the human person as a whole. As…