Short reflective essays tying personal anecdotes from family life and mission trips to the weekly Sunday Gospel readings and the Mass. A reader gets a pastoral, liturgy-minded perspective from a parish musician and liturgist.
Website: https://www.ritualstory.org/
A Substack publication presenting Catholic theology through the Scholastic and Thomistic method, with multi-part series on topics such as penal substitution and Protestantism. Readers get long-form, citation-heavy articles drawing on older scholastic authors, with a paid tier offering premium posts.
Articles from Catholic Answers writers explain and defend Catholic teaching, with a focus on apologetics, scripture and comparisons with Protestantism and Islam. Readers get argued, source-referenced responses to common objections about Christianity and church history.
Personal essays and reflections from Jason Gillikin, covering his work as a parish sacristan, midlife health changes, and memories such as his college newspaper days and 9/11. The writing is conversational and wry, mixing everyday detail with thoughtful observations about faith and growing older.
A Catholic writer's reflective newsletter on moral formation, leisure and contemplation, and faith and culture, drawing on Pieper, Aquinas and the Catechism. Readers get essayistic, personal commentary on how Christians can engage modern life with discernment rather than tribal rule-following.
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