The Inauguration of the Restored Icon of Our Lady of Damascus
Last Thursday, June 30th, 2022, the restored miraculous icon of Our Lady of Damascus, which dates back almost one thousand years, was officially inaugurated...
Apologetics 101, Question 10: How do you know the Bible is a reliable source...
For this question, it would not be possible, and possibly not helpful, to try to provide an apologetic for the reliability of “the Bible”...
If Christianity Recedes, What of Human Dignity?
“No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity.” – Nelson Mandela
Since the inception of Western civilization, the concept of human...
The Dreadful but Hopeful Dream of the Two Pillars
Try to picture yourselves with me on the seashore, or, better still, on an outlying cliff with no other land in sight. The vast...
The Holy Mass Part I: A Reflection on the Traditional Mass
Fifteenth Sunday Per Annum (B) ...
Pope Benedict and Saint Barnabas
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Barnabas, Silas (also called Silvanus), and Apollos
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Continuing our journey among the protagonists who were the first...
Dr. Hawking’s Pi
Today is Pi Day, the third month and 14th day, signifying of course 3.14, the first digits in the ratio of a circle's circumference...
Pope Francis and Lent
(I realize many of us have some difficulty with Pope Francis - and the Church seems to be in a perpetual penitential mode of...
Science and Religion: Natural Enemies, or Best Friends Forever?
For Blaise Pascal, a seventeenth century mathematician and scientist, faith in God is the most necessary and therefore the most reasonable thing in the...
Slouching Towards Babel
For all shall come to nothing that proceeds not from God.
The Imitation of Christ, Thomas à Kempis
In the beginning, the Lord God instructed Man to go...
