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Father George W. Rutler These days I am frequently asked if we are living in the “End Times.” As the grace of Holy Orders does not make me ...

Father George W. Rutler T he  Pri nc e of Lies cannot lie in the presence of Christ: “ I  k n ow  who you are—the Holy One of God!” (L...

Father George W. Rutler J uly waves Old Glory and  Le Tricolore . Jacques-Louis David based the French flag on the cockade of the Ma...

Father George W. Rutler Stalin, killer of at least 20 million people, said “A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statisti...

Father George W. Rutler As the local churches gradually open again, one is reminded of the persistence of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell, pre...

      A fter the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem i n 70 AD, the Jews relied on literacy to preserve their culture, wi...

Father George W. Rutler In these days of closures, which must soon end, I am able to offer Mass quietly for the intentions of paris...

Father George W. Rutler Eyebrows were raised when Queen Victoria commented that of all her predecessors, she would most enjoy a convers...

Father George W. Rutler Among logical fallacies, the argument from authority, “argumentum ad verecundiam,” means accepting a proposi...

Father George W. Rutler Clichés should not be ignored just because they are clichés. Facile repetition of what is true does not make i...

Normally each Easter, the Resurrection Sermon of Saint John Chrysostom replaces our regular column, with his paraphrase of Saint Paul’s ...

Father George W. Rutler Geniuses often are thought to be absent-minded. Archimedes was so preoccupied with a mathematical diagram he ...

Father George W. Rutler On September 10, 1919, General Pershing led his returning troops up Fifth Avenue before crowds numbering t...

Father George W. Rutler Materialism, fantasy, and false worship were the temptations Satan thrust at Christ, and he is tempting our na...

Father George W. Rutler E arnest preachers use their personalities to lead people to Jesus without obstructing him with themselves. ...