The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life's different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course. (Saint Boniface, +754)

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Holy Norbert and Heroic Normandy

Saint Norbert (+1134) of Xanten was a zealous bishop and founder, whose feast has since 2018 been trumped by Mother of the Church. I...

The Hope and Courage of Charles Lwanga and Companion Martyrs

If the Church seems moribund in North America, there is hope in the vast continent of Africa, where there are untold millions of Catholics,...

‘Love’ Isn’t Always Love

'Anti-hate' is all the rage, if one may excuse the mixed metaphor. The ‘anti’ of something is, logically, its contrary, and the contrary of...

Justin, the Philosopher’s Martyr

Saint Justin (+165) who is called the 'martyr', was born around the time the last Apostle, John, departed this life for heaven. Justin was...

A Divine Visitation

A blessed feast of the Visitation, to all our readers, wherein we recall the meeting of four chosen souls: Our Lady, Saint Elizabeth, and...

Nota in Brevis

Naked Desecration

Venerable Fulton Sheen said that one of the hallmarks of the demon was an inordinate love of nudity - that is, to flaunt what...

An (Open) Letter to My Township

(Here, should it prove in any way useful, is a letter I wrote to my own local township on their decision to exhibit the...

Whiskey in the Ruins

This first day of June, is apparently is the anniversary of the invention of Scotch whiskey - Gaelic for aqua vitae - the water...

The Power of Pentecost

The celebration of Pentecost Sunday brought into my heart the very valid question which I have been asking to myself all along: What does...

Novena to the Holy Ghost, Ninth Day – The Fruits of the Holy Ghost

Ninth Day  Thou on those who evermore;  Thee confess and Thee adore, Give them comfort when they die; Give them life with Thee on high; Give them joys which...