Marriage – that most wonderful of covenants that a man and woman pursue together – tragically, even in the Church, has become diluted and estranged from the original designs God had for it. Today, even within the Church, it is seen as merely a temporal affair, good only for rearing children. It is viewed as inferior to other states of life, with perpetual virginity as the ideal and marriage as a compromise. It is most certainly not a compromise, nor is it inferior to perpetual virginity (for it is in fact higher, more pleasing to God, and offers greater room… Read more: Marriage: An Eternal Covenant

Introduction With the Artemis missions scheduled to return Man to the moon permanently (as well as creating a launching point for other bodies in our solar system, such as Mars) by the end of the decade, it is imperative that Christians be able to worship God on the Lunar surface and in orbit. [1] While Christians and the space program have gone hand in hand since its beginnings (in 1968, on the Apollo 8 mission, Genesis 1:1–10 was famously recited by Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman during a special Christmas broadcast), the next step in Man’s eternal endeavor… Read more: Practical Considerations for a Lunar Colony

Introduction With any emerging technology, there is bound to be questions on ethics and morality, and so-called AI is no different. The primary ethical debates surrounding this technology have been around for a while now and include: data security (especially when utilized by governments), data privacy (especially when used by governments targeting civilians, or people giving up vast quantities of personal data to a company), copyright infringement, environmental concerns (especially the vast power required to run datacenter scale LLMs) and the questions surrounding job displacement (much in the vein of the Industrial Revolution). [1] These are complex issues that, one… Read more: An Introduction to Large Language Models and Ethics

Introduction Thérèse de l’Enfant Jésus et de la Sainte Face is perhaps not a saint that needs any sort of lengthy introduction; as much has been written of the Little Flower over the last century, and I have no intentions to tread over well-worn ground with this paper. If the reader wants to understand her adherence to dogma, or the particulars of her theology, I advise him to look elsewhere. Instead, this paper intends to explore the role that her biological family had on the formation of her faith, and consequentially, the regimen as she taught to the novices under… Read more: Familial Origins of the Little Way