Elizabeth Scalia, Author at Word on Fire

Elizabeth Scalia

Contributor

Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate and author of several books including the award-winning Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life (Ave Maria Press) and Little Sins Mean a Lot (OSV). Formerly the Word on Fire Editor-at-Large, she also served as Editor-in-Chief of the English edition of Aleteia and as Managing Editor of the Catholic section of Patheos.com. Elizabeth blogs as “The Anchoress” at www.theanchoress.com. She is married and living on Long Island.

St. Benedict and My Slow, Slow Surrender to Heaven

Pier Giorgio Frassati: Party Hats and a Love for the Poor

Indulge Your Faith with Reason; Imbue it in Wonder

Bringing Death Into Light Because Everyone Suffers

Catholic Boy to Catholic Man: A Millennial on Why He Remains

The Catholic Priesthood Needs the Laity’s Help, and Double-Quick

How Our Sins Ripple Out, Touching the Whole World

“Listen” and “Remember”: A Father’s Plea, A Child’s Prompt

Too Woke for Peanut Butter, and the Death of Art

Does Christianity Demand “Niceness”?

The First Commandment: Orienting Us Away from Our Idols

Let’s Get Reacquainted With the Idea of “Offering it Up”

Reading the Data and Preparing for Exile

Yes, the Stars Actually Do Tell Us About Ourselves!

Catholics: The Hard Slog of Sanctity Starts Here

When a Mentally Absent Spouse Is Apportioned a Third of a Marriage

What if Christ Appears as Suddenly as an Irish Beach?

In Spiritual Battle, Co-religionists Must Rescue Each Other

Waving to the Prince of Peace While Heading to War

Uncle Screwtape Is Delighted with Our Social Cowardice

Fearing the Fragility of Auntie Janis and Cousin Judy

Searching for Meaning at the Corner of Snark and Outrage

Why Would Christians Want the World to Love Them?

Amidst Our Apocalypse, Advent Asks Us to Stay

If You Can’t Say Something New, Why Not Say Something…Nice?

Advent Reading Recommendations from the Word on Fire Team

The Fury and Glory of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

Saints Remind Us: We Are Be-Sparked Creatures of Infinite Possibilities

Can We Still “Stick Together” When It Counts?

Catherine of Siena Did Not Fret, Nor Should We

Yin and Yang and Catholic Youth

Can the Crisis in the Church Lead Us to Something Wonderful?

Catherine of Siena’s Fire Blazes Into Our Times

Digging My Heels Into Light: Why I Won’t Leave the Church

Common Penance: Why Not Restore Meatless Fridays for the US Church?

Praying in Crisis: The Sorrowful Mysteries of This Moment

The Church and Clergy in Crisis: 7 Practical First Steps We Must Take

How to Restore a Church in Scandal? Begin with a Collective Confession

Anti-Christ Arrives in a World Without Mercy

What is best in life? Jesus and the Mayo Clinic Know!

When There Are No Human Answers to Our Measures of Pain

The Rosary and the Crying Out of Flesh and Blood

Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain, and the Mysteries Before Us All

When Jesus Left Me Mash Notes

Social Media and Sabbath Rest: What I Have Learned

Philip Neri, John Henry Newman, and the Idea of an Oratory

Groaning Earth Awaits Our Surrender

Was the Met Gala an Offense or an Opportunity?