Saturday, July 5, 2025

Kavanaugh’s Inquisition

One knows not what to say at times, as events spiral faster than one’s capacity to comment on them; even one’s reflection is superseded:...

Who is Our King?

As Moses prepared the Israelites to enter the Promised Land he prophesied that they would ask for a king, ā€œI will set a king...

Peter Damian’s Book of Gomorrah

St. Peter Damian (1007-1073) was a Benedictine monk and Cardinal Bishop whose principle legacy relevant to our time is his slim volume titled The...

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 Good Samaritan and Thirsting for God

Take care of him and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend. (Lk. 10:35). The parable of the Good Samaritan...

Saint Michael and the Eucharistic Eschatological Battle

The great dragon, the primeval serpent, known as the devil or Satan, who had deceived all the world, was hurled down to the earth...

Gaudete! The Third Sunday of Advent

ā€˜Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom...

The Message of the Presentation

Are there passages from the Bible that frighten you, or at least make you think twice about yourself and your behaviour? Thomas Merton—a well-known...

The True Meaning of Greatness

In these times of fear and uncertainty, when our daily lives are severely disrupted by the Covid outbreak, many people forget what ā€œgreatnessā€ truly...

Secular Franciscans: Who Are They?

(In light of the memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, who was a third-order Dominican, readers may enjoy these reflections from John Baldio, on...