Ash Wednesday Audience of Pope Francis
(Here are words from our current Pontiff, Pope Francis, to help begin our Lenten journey. Â His message continues the tradition of the Holy Father...
The Meaning of the Magi and the Star of Bethlehem
Every year, we celebrate the feast of the Epiphany, commemorating the visit of the magi to the Holy Family, on Jan. 6 (hence the...
Thomas More’s Option: Soul First, Then the Body
“If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven” (Mt.19:21).
Have I...
The God of Love: Christ in the Song of Songs
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for...
Christ the King
An Irish bull is a statement that is, strictly speaking, illogical and yet whose meaning is somehow clear. Yogi Berra, a baseball player of...
Beat the Devil
The British agnostic philosopher Bertrand Russell said he could not believe in Satan because the very notion of a devil was not even probable,...
Review of “The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to our Brains”
If you are an average web-surfer, chances are you will spend about 10 seconds looking at this article. Those of you who stick around...
Good Friday: Crux fidelis
Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis;
nulla talem silva profert, flore, fronde, germine,
dulce lignum, dulci clavo, dulce pondus sustinens!
Flecte ramos, arbor alta, tensa laxa...
Easter Sunday: O Sacred Banquet in which Christ is Received!
Christ our Passover has been sacrificed, alleluia; therefore let us keep the feast with the unleavened bread of purity and truth, alleluia, alleluia (Communion...
The Church is Eucharistic in Her Very Essence
O Sacred banquet in which Christ is received, the memory of His Passion is renewed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge...
