Keeping the Republic
The most marked political tendency of the American people has been to interpret their government as a pure and simple democracy, and to shift...
The Real Holy Family
It has always been difficult for the homilist to preach on the feast of the Holy Family. In the old days, the priest would...
Ritual and Boredom
More times than I can count I have been told by young men and women that they do not attend Mass because they find...
The Collapse of the Rule of Law
Another day, and more mayhem, with no end in sight. Five police officers assassinated, others wounded, by snipers at a Black Lives Matter protest,...
Canada Up in Smoke
(A retrospect on the legalization of cannabis in Canada, now six (!) years ago. The stultifying and enervating effects of this drug may in...
The Quintessence of Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), famously known to Catholics as the Angelic Doctor, was born in Italy to prosperous parents of royal lineage. At the...
Ireland’s Last Domino
”This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and...
The Holy Mass Part I: A Reflection on the Traditional Mass
Fifteenth Sunday Per Annum (B) ...
America’s Perfect Storm
When the Constitutional Convention concluded, Benjamin Franklin upon his exit from the event was accosted by a woman who asked him what kind of...
The Agony of Abraham
First Argument
When skeptics complain bitterly about the so-called “Judaeo-Christian mythology,” one of their most frequent objection is to the incomprehensible cruelty of God as...
