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Hard Cases and Abortion
In an effort to win support for legalized abortion, its advocates will point to the hard cases. The idea is that anyone who would...
The Golden Calf isn’t a dwelling place of God. You are.
With November being dedicated to the Holy Souls, I've found myself thinking about death, the human body, and something that might seem rather unusual...
Death is Banging on My Door
A poem by Carl Sundell
When Death comes
banging on my door,
let him in.
I'd count it no sin
to surrender my skin
to the old pale Prince.
If I've...
Pope John Paul’s All Souls’ Message
JOHN PAUL II
ANGELUS - ALL SOULS DAY
Sunday, 2 November 1997
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
1. Yesterday we celebrated the Solemnity of All Saints and today the...
Editor's Corner
The Fall of the American Republic-(ans)?
So the blue tsunami has hit the shores of America, with the Democrats handily taking both the Senate and the House, making Donald Trump...
Charles Borromeo Leads the True Reformation
The memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo (1538-1584) commemorates one of the great pillars - along with Saint Robert Bellarmine, Philip Neri, Teresa of Avila...
Martin de Porresâ SuperHeroic Charity
Some of the saints signify sanctity in a way that goes beyond the norm, if ânormâ can be applied to a thing like sanctity,...
All the Myriads Upon Myriads of Saints
A blessed solemnity of All Saints to all our readers! Its institution goes back to its official institution by Pope Gregory III (731 â...
O most sacred, most loving heart of Jesus, thou art concealed in the Holy Eucharist, and thou beatest for us still.... Thou art the heart of the Most High made man.... Thy Sacred Heart is the instrument and organ of Thy love. It did beat for us. It yearned for us. It ached for our salvation. It was on fire through zeal, that the glory of God might be manifested in and by us.... In worshipping thee I worship my incarnate God, my Emmanuel (Saint John Henry Newman, +1890)
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The Real Story Behind the Gunpowder Plot?
Ryan Grant has a post on OnePeterFive on the really happened with infamous the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, which does not seem to be what people think it is, or, more to the point, what the agents of James I and the gentry newly-enriched by Henry's despoilation of the...
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
Remember, remember! the fifth of November.
  The Gunpowder treason and plot;
  I know of no reason
  Why the Gunpowder treason
  Should ever be forgot!
  Guy Fawkes and his companions
  Did the scheme contrive,
  To blow the King and Parliament
  All up...
The Meaning of Midterms
The term 'midterm' has various applications, from tests in the middle of the semester - which is how I usually think of things - to elections held in the middle of a presidency, taking place as I write in the United States. Will it be a red or blue...
Pilgrimage
A Pilgrimage By the Saint Lawrence
The mighty Saint Lawrence River is intertwined with the history of Canada and the United States, and forms a natural border between the two...
All Roads Lead to Rome
On this feast of Saint Bridget of Sweden, one of the four co-patrons of Europe (along with Saint Benedict, Saint Catherine of Siena and...
There and Back Again
I returned from Rome late last night, around about midnight â at least, all the way back home, which required an hourâs walk through...
The Profound Peace of Assisi
I wasnât quite prepared for Assisi, even if it was just what I needed. I suppose God works like that. When I got off...
Florence: Art, Beauty and Truth
Firenze! Even the name - at least in Italian - signifies energy, exuberance, enthusiasm. What is one to say of Florence in a few words?...
Le Sieci and Christ the King
I left off these reflections with my arrival in Florence, after the Purgatory - I will not say hell, for it had its end...
Swtizerland and Frauenthal
Upon arriving in Zurich from Vienna, I had an hour or so before I caught a connecting train down to Knonau and the convent....
A Pilgrimage from Vienna to Rome
I decided to make a pilgrimage to Rome, prompted by the Jubilee year, and walking through the Holy Doors. But I couldnât just show...
Series
Apologetics 101
Apologetics is the art of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse, making reference to both faith and reason as appropriate, in light of Saint Peterâs admonition to âAlways be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverenceâ (1 Peter 3:15).
