Saint Faustina’s Merciful Jubilee
A blessed Second Sunday of Easter, or Sunday in the Octave of Easter or, now, Divine Mercy Sunday, proclaimed so by Pope (now Saint)...
The Collective Conscience
When confronted by some new bit of feminist nonsense, mother used to say: “Kick the Natural Law and the Natural Law will kick back....
Reading St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans
The letter of St. Paul to the Romans uses the same basic structure found in his other letters. It features one important aspect of...
How Wisdom Is Superior to Knowledge
Wisdom and knowledge are not the same. One can have much wisdom and be short of knowledge. On the other hand, one can have...
Russel Kirk vs. the Libertarians
Russell Kirk (1918-1994) was an eminent author whose many diverse talents as a novelist, short story writer, and essayist were celebrated in Bradley J....
Two Justins
Today is, or rather was, as I am getting to this rather late, the memorial of Saint Justin Martyr, an early apologist for the...
Fate, Determinism and Free Will
“All theory is against free will; all experience for it.” Samuel Johnson
In the normal course of our lives we assume we are able to...
C. S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity and the Puritan Paradigm of Conversion
 In a letter of 11 December 1944 C. S. Lewis mentions five “shining examples of human holiness”. Along with Saint Francis, George Herbert, George...
Dowry in the Shadows: The Suppression of Catholicism and Spiritual Vacuum in British Society
In this essay, I am going to explore some of the causes which led to the opening of a “spiritual vacuum” in Britain, starting with the...
Archangels and Signs on the Earth
A blessed feast of the Archangels to all our readers! Father Scott’s article on the Saint Michael prayer points out that this used to...
