Christmas Urbi et Orbi
(Here is the Christmas address of Pope Saint John Paul II, from way back in 2002, and the needs for which he prayed eighteen...
A Brief History of Eminent Atheists
Here is a sober thought. Let us suppose we might be looking for the first atheists in the history of the world. My candidates...
The Inestimable Treasure of the Divine Mercy
‘Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe’… ‘My Lord and my God!’ (Jn. 20:18)).
Today is Divine...
The Holy Eucharist and ‘Being There’: Much of Life is All About Showing Up
Simple facts can often be significant . . . and often unadverted to. Consider the Last Supper. Obviously, the Apostles had to be present...
Interior Freedom By Frequent Confession
(The question of how often to go to the sacrament of confession is a very personal one for Catholics, made deep within one's conscience,...
The Holy Mass Part VII: The Culmination of the Sacrifice
This Sunday’s reflection is the seventh in a series of meditations on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with specific references to the Ancient...
C.S. Lewis and the World’s Last Night
There is much talk of the 'last days', the apocalypse, the end of the world. In in the midst of the turmoil that swirls...
Sunday Musical Offering: Three Emmanuels
In these last days of Advent, here are three versions of the ancient Advent hymn, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, dating back 1200 years...
The Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Consecrated Life
Today, we celebrate the feast of Our Lord's Presentation, in the Temple, characterized by the mention of light.
But who is the light? As the...
Fifth Sunday of Lent: The Infinite, Incarnate Mercy of God
I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord (Phil. 3:8). ⧾
Our Gospel reading today is taken...
