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In the last post, we asked: If Christ reorients our desires, then the inner structure of the self must be...

Every desire has a model. This is the fundamental insight of Rene Girard with his mimetic theory: that we do...

We often think of envy, rivalry, and scandal as threats to the self. And they are. But mimetic theory complicates...

Last week, in Habemus Papam: A Pause in Our Series on Composite Models, we reflected on how the election of...

Why does it so often feel like our deepest wounds come from the people who loved us first? And why—when...

“Do whatever he tells you.”(John 2:5) Why Mary Matters for Mimetic Formation In a world saturated by unstable models —...

It’s been a while since I’ve posted here—not for lack of interest, but because I’ve been seeking the right voice....

Perpetual Felicity We recently (March 7th) celebrated the memorial of Sts. Purpetua and Felicity, two young women, one a noblewoman...

“Just as the devil had poisoned the tree of knowledge and spoiled our nature by its taste, so too, in...

The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie dePaola At first glance, The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie dePaola is...

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