The Relentless God
WERE YOU startled by what you heard in the reading of Moses holding back the anger of God? It certainly provides a picture of God...
Mercy, Not Mutilation!
(Father Robert Weaver makes an intriguing analogy here, in the theme of not accepting 'who we are' before God, whether that be a different...
Slandering Catholics – A Perennial Pastime
In 1942, Catholic priest and apologist Ronald Knox remarked:
A quite new hatred of the Catholic religion is growing up within my own lifetime â...
Fifth Sunday: The Mystery of Mercy
But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesusâ knees, saying. âGo away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!â(Lk....
Shakespeare the Catholic
William Shakespeare was born at Stratford-on-Avon on April 23rd, 1564. His formal education, it is speculated, was limited. Some believe that not being university...
Christmas, 2020
What is God like? The Bible itself answers the question if we examine it carefully. The first thing that struck me as I reflected...
Christianity and Altruism
âGreater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.â - John 15:13
In his play No Exit...
Saint Benedict: Ora et Labora
Today is the feast of Saint Benedict (ca. 480-547), the father of Western monasticism and one of the main forces in preserving Western culture...
True Christian Tolerance
In Lent we pledge ourselves to acquire virtue. The one, perhaps the only, virtue universally honoured today is tolerance. It is a useful Lenten...
Star Farce: A Study in How to Ruin a Franchise
I thought the Star Wars franchise, so successful and cinema-transforming in the late seventies and early eighties, was ruined by the three prequels in...
