Sunday, November 16, 2025

Covid-19: Into Year Two

Freud used to say that the most costly things in life are disease and stupidity. I was reminded of this the other day listening to...

In Defense of Sanity: Chesterton’s Remedy

G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) hardly needs an introduction to the typical reader of Catholic literature. Author of more than sixty books of essays, fiction, poetry,...

Under the Holy Cloak of St. Joseph, Patron the Universal Church and Patron of...

This past week, in the cycle of readings for ferial Masses, we read the story of the Patriarch Joseph. It is a story rich...

Remembering Father Joseph Koterski, S.J.

Tributes are pouring in for Father Joseph Koterski, one of the loyal sons of Saint Ignatius, who loved the Society of Jesus to which...

Jubilee Year Homily of Pope John Paul II for the Canonization of Sister Faustina

HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHER  MASS IN ST PETER’S SQUARE FOR THE CANONIZATION OF SR MARY FAUSTINA KOWALSKA Sunday, 30 April 2000 1. “Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus, quoniam in...

Love of Country: The Unsung Virtue

“For us, after God, the greatest love is Poland”  - Bl. Stefan Wyszyński In the sixteenth century St. John of the Cross said: “The Lord...

Fourth Sunday: Witnessing to the Truth

But Jesus passed through the midst of them and went on His way (Lk. 4:30). â§ľ Our Gospel reading today is a continuation of last...

Third Sunday of Lent: Accepting or Rejecting God’s Truth

Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness (1 Cor. 10:5). â§ľ These sobering words from...

The Visitation: The First Eucharistic Procession

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI DURING THE PRAYER MEETING IN THE VATICAN GARDENS FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THE MARIAN MONTH OF MAYGrotto of Our Lady...

Aiming for Heaven to Win the Culture War, and On the Way, Answer What...

Should Catholics focus on winning political battles as the primary means of reclaiming the culture? Should we put our Faith on the back burner...