Editor's Corner
Fra Juan’s Canticle of Light and Darkness
The Carmelite Order traces its spiritual roots back to the prophet Elijah, but its practical foundation was in the twelfth century, round about the...
Pope Damasus: The Faith, the Bible and the Mass of All Time
We owe quite a lot to Pope Saint Damasus (305 - 384). He was the Pope who oversaw the universal Church during the tumultuous...
The Holy Lady of the House of Loreto
Our Lady of Loreto was put back into the universal calendar by Pope Francis last December, 2019, which seems like aeons ago. Others have...
The (Mostly) Hidden Life of Juan Diego
Amare nesciri - 'love to be unknown' - exhorted Saint Philip Neri, who was young unknown teenager in Florence when Saint Juan Diego was,...
Imagine, John Lennon
John Lennon was shot and killed outside his New York studio apartment by a deranged fan on this day forty years ago – the...
Nota in Brevis
Handel and His Miraculous Messiah
Handel's Messiah dates back to 1742, an Oratorio usually connected with Christmas, but actually follows the whole life of our Saviour from His birth,...
The Petersons and Palestrina
Ok - So, we're not Protestant, Baptist Bible Thumpers, but I for one love good music, and should give credit where credit is due,...
The Amazing and Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Video
In case you need further evidence that the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is miraculous, and truly that of the 'Mother of the...
Awaiting Christmas: Advent Musical Selections
With Advent beginning this Sunday, I wanted to share some musical selections for this time of waiting. Some will hopefully be familiar, and others...
A Year of Saint Joseph
In light of the 150th anniversary of Pope Pius IX's naming Saint Joseph as patron of the universal Church with his 1870 constitution Quemadmodum...