Blog Post by Ascension Media
Ascension Media6 min read
A Strange Anointing: Glory in Suffering
A Strange Anointing: Glory in Suffering
Start Reading
Ascension Media4 min read
Close Encounters of the Divine Kind
Though our Divine encounter is not as close as that of the first disciples, it is no less real. We experience it through our parish.
Start Reading
Ascension Media4 min read
C. S. Lewis on Humility
C. S. Lewis captures the essence of humility in his "Screwtape Letters. For Lewis, humility is not thinking less of ourselves—but less about ourselves.
Start Reading
Ascension Media3 min read
What Deuteronomy (and a Red Pencil) Can Tell You about Your Heart
You can’t make sense of the Old Testament story without Deuteronomy. In Deuteronomy, God reveals his love and appeals to the hearts of his people.
Start Reading
Ascension Media4 min read
The Men Behind the Young Karol Wojtyla
The Men Behind the Young Karol Wojtyla
Start Reading
Ascension Media7 min read
Ancient Philosophy & the New Testament
What does philosophy have to do with the New Testament? What follows is a survey of philosophical schools that precede and even encounter the New Testament.
Start Reading
Ascension Media1 min read
An Easy Way to Do a Daily Examen
Father Mark-Mary shows you how to do a daily examen—a simple spiritual exercise that could have a great impact on your life.
Start Reading
Ascension Media12 min read
Why Offering It Up Is Countercultural
I’ve often struggled with the concept of offering it up. If you’re a cradle Catholic, you’ve probably heard it from your parents when the going gets tough.
Start Reading
Ascension Media9 min read
St. Ignatius on Overcoming Desolation
St. Ignatius of Loyola offers a series of “rules,” or principles, which can help us work against this depressing and downward movement of desolation.
Start Reading
Ascension Media7 min read
Reasons to Be Confident about the Historical Jesus
Through philosophical presuppositions, historical methodology, and the Gospels, we find a reason to believe in and evidence for the “historical” Jesus.
Start Reading
Ascension Media4 min read
When God Drew Near: Entering into the Joy of Christmas
When God Drew Near: Entering into the Joy of Christmas
Start Reading
Ascension Media3 min read
Young People Are Leaving the Church—Can We Turn the Tide?
Young People Are Leaving the Church—Can We Turn the Tide?
Start Reading