Did the Pope Change Church Teaching on the Death Penalty?
At the climax of Luke’s passion narrative, we see Jesus hanging between two criminals. One of the criminals mocks Jesus, but the other responds,...
28th Sunday: Eucharist Means Thanksgiving
(From our archives, for this Thanksgiving Sunday)
On this mountain the Lord of Hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food (Is 25:6).
Throughout...
The Real Holy Family
It has always been difficult for the homilist to preach on the feast of the Holy Family. In the old days, the priest would...
The Dilemmas of Atheism
“When the Son of man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8).
The following random reflections on atheism address what many...
The Salutary Reforms of Saint Pius X
We should pray today to Pope Saint Pius X (1835-1914) for all the woes we are currently facing in the Church. He too was...
Saint Anselm’s Idea of God
“ontology” defined ~ the science of being
Some students are fortunate enough to have had a teacher who made all the difference in life. I...
Myriads of Martyrs for China
Through the centuries there have been untold thousands of martyrs in China, and July 9th is chosen as the day to commemorate them, for...
Saint Benedict, and Finding God in the Here and Now
July 11th is the day we normally celebrate the feast of St Benedict. Even if the day this year is taken by the Sunday,...
Long Live Buckfast Abbey
I begin this reflection from the beautiful and prayerful grounds of Buckfast Abbey, not far from the coast at Brixham, where I have been...
Belloc and the New Paganism
Hilaire Belloc warned of Man's re-descent into a 'new paganism' nearly a hundred years ago, in 1931, and thought the process already well advanced...
