Thursday, December 4, 2025

The Holy Mass Part I: A Reflection on the Traditional Mass

Fifteenth Sunday Per Annum (B)                                                 ...

Little Black Lives—Do They Matter?

Anyone who believes that God is the Author of all life and loves us unconditionally (and even many who don’t believe this) would instinctively...

A Eucharistic Connection to the Washing of the Feet

Lent is a fitting time for Christians to re-evaluate some of the essentials that are often taken for granted in the faith. Catholics are...

Heroism, Then and Now

“Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, while others have greatness thrust upon them”.   So wrote Shakespeare in Twelfth Night .   ‘Greatness’ may take...

What is Caesar’s, When All is God’s?

A clever writer once observed that Jesus never made the mistake of qualifying any of his statements: “Sell you possessions, and give the money...

Three Surprising Saints from the Old Testament for Advent

(December 24th, Christmas Eve, is the traditional commemoration of the 'ancestors of Christ', in particular Adam and Eve, whom we recall on this day,...

From Marx to Gaia

People who are not governed by God Will be ruled by tyranny. William Penn What an extraordinary convergence of events. As the Russian dissident Vladimir Bukovsky lay...

The Richness of the Holy Eucharist!

One of the most beautiful ways that the Holy Spirit teaches me to think about the Eucharist is that of pondering upon its immense...

The Fall of Saint Peter

As Jesus was being interrogated by the High Priest, His disciples had been scattered. Only two remained to follow Him. The first was St....

The Manly Virtues of Saint Joseph

The head of the Holy Family, terror of demons, and protector of the holy Church – St. Joseph – enjoys the rare liturgical feat...