The Holy Mass Part VI: The Bread of Life
This Sundayâs reflection is the sixth in a series of meditations on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with specific references to the Ancient...
The State as Corrupting
âWrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.â â Leo Tolstoy
If you peruse the Showbiz section of any...
Suffer the Little Children…
In Mark, 10, Jesus is asked by the Pharisees (âto test Himâ) whether divorce is lawful. As He admits, the Law of Moses (Deuteronomy...
What’s Wrong with the World? Well, The Hatred of Words, and the Word
I suspect there are few people left who donât think thereâs something very wrong in the world today, whatever their political and moral leanings...
Argumentative Starting Points
Jesus provides us with a motive for acting, viz., the love of God, which in practical terms produces a love of our neighbours. The...
St Teresa of Avila: A Practical Spiritual Companion on our Spiritual Journey
One of the great spiritual masters of all time is Saint Teresa of Avila, whose feast we celebrate today. Her teaching and example offer...
Saint Anselm’s Idea of God
âontologyâ defined ~ the science of being
Some students are fortunate enough to have had a teacher who made all the difference in life. I...
The Courage to Be a Mother
âAnd when the wine was failing, the mother of Jesus said to him, âThey have no wine.â And Jesus said to her: âWoman, what...
The Thirty Third Sunday’s Eschaton
Beware that you are not led astray (Lk. 21:8). ⧟
The sacred liturgy again today directs our attention to the eschaton, the teaching about the...
A Heritage Lost? Jean Langlais and Post-Conciliar Sacred Music
Catholics have sung our praise to God for the entirety of the Churchâs history. For at least a thousand years, Gregorian chant formed the...
