You’re probably expecting me to say something about strapless dresses and not showing too much skin, but I’m not. Okay, I can’t resist so here’s my opinion on the subject: Don’t be trashy, The Dress is about your wedding day, not your wedding night. With wedding season upon us, what I really want to talk [...]
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops recently issued a letter entitled “Marriage and the Supreme Court.” This bulletin insert, to be distributed nationwide, is nothing particularly earth-shaking. It describes the two cases presently before the court, and provides information on what people can do to advocate for marriage as defined by Christian Tradition. Of course [...]
Yes, I was thinking again and I knew I had to write an article on an important question right away. The question was this, what is goodness? I thought about it for a while, and finding myself stuck I decided to turn to my trusty Summa Theologica. Msg. Paul J. Glenn in simplified words defines [...]
Happy Holy Week everybody! In this edition of The Warrior Catholic Show, we take a look at Christ’s Passion. In the overwhelming commercialism of the holidays, it can be hard to keep a true perspective of the religious aspect and the true meaning of what we are actually celebrating. Christ’s Passion was the fulfillment of [...]
Pope Francis has re-opened my eyes in my concern for the poor. Poverty has many forms and each champion needs support. I have compiled a short list of charities that I have found do good work. I could not travel to Rome for the installation, but I can fulfill our Holy Father’s request to give [...]
Among other things, the papal resignation means that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s fourth encyclical will go unpublished, or at least unpublished under his own authority. This encyclical was to be about faith, and it would therefore have completed his encyclicals on the theological virtues. We may never know what he would have written, though I [...]
Lent is a time I think to reflect on beauty. True beauty is something that uplifts the soul. It draws us to God. As Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI once said about art, “The work of art is the fruit of human creativity, which questions the visible reality, trying to discover its deep meaning and to communicate [...]
Europe, along with the rest of the world, is awaiting the conclave’s decision with great hope and prayer. With 62 out of 117 voting cardinals being European, considering the role of European culture in the Church and considering the Vatican’s location, it is safe to say Europe has a special influence in this decision. However, [...]
Theres been a quote of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s that I’ve seen circulating in social media in recent weeks: “The world offers you comfort, but you were not made for comfort; you were made for greatness.” Comfort (or comfortability, or being comfortable) is a sense of physical or psychological ease, often characterized as a lack [...]
I miss the Pope. I know he’s still around, hopefully sitting in an easy chair and probably praying for the upcoming conclave. I’ve pretty much had a lump in my throat since he announced he was leaving. Anything else I was going to post today seems not as important, and I realized that I want [...]
The lot falls upon me to post in this website today, February 28, 2013, the last day of Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate. It is also my lot to have lived through the start of his pontificate, and now, it shall be my lot to live through the conclave to elect his next successor. Twice I [...]
When I first heard that Pope Benedict XVI was resigning, I was in shock. My instant reaction was: “That’s impossible!” I knew Popes had resigned before; I knew it was canonically possible; I just did not expect it. I dug out my Code of Canon Law, looked up “resignation,” and read this canon: “If [...]
When last we met, we looked at Rerum Novarum, Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical which inaugurated modern Catholic social thought. We now continue our magical mystery tour by turning our attention to Pope Pius XI’s Quadragesimo Anno of 1931. Before we explore the major themes of this incredibly important document, however, it would serve us well [...]
My first real encounter with Pope Benedict XVI was in the middle of a rainy, muddy field in Germany at World Youth Day a few months after his election. Like most young Catholics, I found incredible solace in the fatherly love with which John Paul II carried out his ministry and was more than a [...]
This is going to be another blog about Benedict XVI’s resignation, but it isn’t really about him. In the last few weeks people have been talking pretty much non-stop about his choice to resign and the College of Cardinals and possible successors. There are even odds by international betting houses on who will be the [...]
When I started flight school in the fall of 2007 and, that same week, began working as the youth minister at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Duluth, MN, two things were true about me: I had never touched the controls of a plane and I wasn’t Catholic. While I’m sure that’s usually the case in flight training, [...]
I’m not going to lie and say it’s easy accepting that the Pope will soon be gone. I’ve long admired him, because he was Pope during the whole time I’ve been Catholic. My baptism story is clearer to me than the conclave that happened right after. I was 11 going to bed right before Easter [...]
As an Evangelical Christian in 2008, “God’s Rottweiler” worried me. From what I heard, he was a cold and stodgy disciplinarian with a hyper-traditionalist streak, more likely to crack a whip than save a soul. But then I became Catholic. I devoured his books and studied his speeches, and I discovered a much different [...]
On Ash Wednesday, in the Gospel of the day, Jesus tells us: “But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. ” (Mt 6:6 ). It is not enough to go into our room and pray; we also need to shut the door. I think these [...]
“After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.”–Pope Benedict XVI, February 11, 2013 After the shock wore off about hearing the resignation of the Pope, I had to look [...]
The Warrior Catholic Show is an online Catholic talk show that discusses politics, religion, and anything else the host finds interesting. The Warrior Catholic Show is a proud member of Conservative Nation Radio, and can be found at this link. http://www.conservativenationradio.org The Warrior Catholic Show broadcasts live every Wednesday evening from 7 PM – [...]
I’m one of the young Catholics who, thanks to Pope Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum, were able to attend a Traditional Latin Mass in the Extraordinary Form for the first time. I distinctly remember that Sunday, how I dressed up and wore high heeled shoes despite the long commute from my house and the church. I [...]
Call me crazy, but there is a part of me that is happy that our beloved Pope Benedict XVI is retiring. I’ve been a huge fan of his leadership, his wonderful and profound writings, and his great wisdom in leading the Catholic Church. As I came to work in the Church he led it with [...]
We have a new contributor at Ignitum Today, a Latin instructor, Mr. Pseudo-Pseudodionysius the Areopagite. He has written a Latin challenge. Here’s where you come in: Whoever translates the following paragraph correctly by next Thursday wins an opportunity to promote a blog/website at Ignitum Today. Leave your translation in the comment section, be sure to identify [...]
Q. How do you pronounce “ignitum”? A. Well, you have some options. The Romans would have said ig-NEE-toom. In church, we’d say “in-YEE-toom.”
Why?
If you are interested in contributing at IGNITUM TODAY, and you are a young adult between the ages of 14-39 who is faithful to the Magisterium, please tell us a little about yourself.
Click here.
Connect
Connect with us on the following social media platforms.