Of Saint Thomas’ Death and Voting
Saint Thomas Aquinas died on this day, March 7, 1274, at the Cistercian monastery of Fossanuova in Italy, between Naples and Rome (where there...
Bound by a Seal: A Movie Review of “I Confess”
Year: 1953
Filming: Black & White
Length: 95 minutes
Genre: Drama/Inspirational/Religious/Suspense
Maturity: PG (for intense thematic elements)
Cast: Montgomery Clift (Fr. Michael Logan), Anne Baxter (Ruth Grandfort), O.E. Hass...
Old Thunder: A Retrospective on Hilaire Belloc
(The following piece, if memory serves, was submitted and published by Carl Sundell a year or two ago, but I can find no record...
The Day of Wrath, and an Apocalyptic Scowl
"When the Sone of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?" Lk 18:8
Newton's Prophecy
Isaac Newton, who died nearly three centuries ago, was not...
The Holy Mass Part VII: The Culmination of the Sacrifice
This Sundayâs reflection is the seventh in a series of meditations on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with specific references to the Ancient...
What Is Holiness?
(In light of today's Gospel, on the calling of Levi, and our Lord eating with 'tax collectors and sinners', here are some fitting words...
Homily for the Funeral of the Late, Great Pope John Paul II
(On this twentieth anniversary of the death of Pope Saint John Paul II, here is the beautiful funeral homily of Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, who...
Pentecost’s Fortitude
âPeace be with you. As the Father has sent me so I send youâ (Jn. 20:21). ⧟
The text of the Gospel brings us back...
L’Arche: A Beginning
In light of the upcoming parliamentary decision to be made concerning so-called 'euthanasia laws', we have decided to re-print over the next while a...
Apologetics 101, Question 8: Potency and Evolution
In response to Catholic Insightâs post of Carl Sundellâs list of 39 essential questions Catholics should be prepared to answer about our faith, I...
