Corpus Christi, Protestantism, and the Real Presence
The Words of God are Not Heard with Humility and Many Weigh Them Not
Hints on the Interior Life for Active Workers
Courtships That Produced Saints: Bernard and Ellen Casey
The Golden Hail Mary
The Catholic Response to Moral and Religious Deterioration
“All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.” —Flannery O’Connor The Christian is called to heroism wherever and whenever he lives, at least what we would call heroism today. Its real name is simply Christian duty. This duty calls for an active response to grace, a transformation of…
TAN Academy: Voyaging Through Read Aloud Land as a Family
It’s 8:00 a.m. and you are packing up for a seriously groovy adventure. I suppose you could say you are planning a sort of mature escape from the lovely humdrum of homemaking, or taking a day off to visit a literary amusement park in the midst of the daily grind of homeschooling. You are really…
Battle Ready: No Mental Prayer, No Holiness
“Nonne militia est vita hominis super terram, et sicut dies mercennarii dies eius?” —Job 7:1, Vulgate The book of Job asks, “Is not the life of man on earth warfare, and are not his days like that of a hireling?” He seems to think that the answer is obvious, since the question is less a…
On the Devil, Cultural Marxism, and St. John Vianney
Growing up, I often saw my father reading a thick biography of Saint John Vianney. Some years later, I would pick up my own copy of The Curé D’Ars and read about the devil and John Vianney. “For the space of some thirty-five years—from 1824 to 1858—the Curé d’Ars was subjected, even outwardly, to the…
Tips to Cultivate the Interior Life in the Family
Nearly a century ago, English writer G. K. Chesterton remarked that the “coming peril” of civilization was “standardization by a low standard.” Today, we can see this pervasive influence, even in the prayer lives of many Catholic families. Beleaguered in a storm of secular influences, many Catholics choose not to pray together as a family. …
On the Impressive Ceremonies of the Latin Mass
“It is known, in fact, that the Latin liturgy of the Church in its various forms, in each century of the Christian era, has been a spur to the spiritual life of many saints, has reinforced many peoples in the virtue of religion and fecundated their piety.” —Pope Benedict XVI Mass is the highest act…
If Foolish Words Cut Our Lips: Welcome from the CEO of TAN Books
“For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” —Matthew 12:36–37 How does one begin a blog by TAN Books? What if God were to read our blog? Would He care about the intent, the content, or the tone? How mighty a question; yet how foolish a question.…
