Mercy: Divine and Human, True and False
(The following is an address I offered yesterday at Saint Hedwig's Church for the Divine Mercy celebration. Â Editor)
This being the Year of Mercy, decreed...
Prodigal Catholics – Why They Leave, and Why They Return
A Pew Research Center poll indicated one out of every ten Americans is an ex-Catholic. Add them up as if they were a church...
Apostasy in Shusaku Endo’s Silence
A recent article in First Things by J.D. Flynn reflects upon Shusaku Endoâs 1966 Japanese novel Silence, now being released as a film directed by Martin Scorcese (which...
Mercy, Not Mutilation!
(Father Robert Weaver makes an intriguing analogy here, in the theme of not accepting 'who we are' before God, whether that be a different...
John Henry Newman: A talk delivered to the Basilian Lay Associates
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, whose life spanned most of the nineteenth centuryâ1801-90âwas and remains a fascinating character. Much of his charm is found in his...
What of Married Saints?
Glance at any catalogue of saints and you will be struck, as I was, at how few of them were married. There are Mary...
Entering Into Passiontide
âSir, we wish to see Jesusâ (Jn. 12:20).
The veiled statues and images in our churches indicate that we have entered into Passiontide. Next Sunday,...
The Catholic Conqueror, Charles Martel
(As Europe confronts the problems of mass immigration, especially from Muslim nations, with yet another deadly stabbing by a 'mentally disturbed' Afghan asylum seeker,...
Unnatural Family Planning
In a conclave of atheists, agnostics, and secular progressives, a seminar to discuss the human sexual drive would certainly speak about the most anatomically...
Sunday Musical Offering: The Alma Redemptoris Mater, in Three Versions
There are various Gregorian chants sung in honour of Our Lady at the close of Compline, for each liturgical season, and the one for...
