The Universal Search for Affection – Looking For Love in Some of the Wrong...
It probably begins in utero when hearing awareness first develops. The baby inside, safe and wet and warm, hears the noises of activity nearby,...
St Joseph Moscati: a Faithful Labourer in the Vineyard of the Lord Â
On November 16th we, as a Church, celebrate the feast day of Saint Joseph Moscati, or, as he is commonly known by many who...
Is Religion a Force for the Good?
Most people regard religion as a constructive and positive force in human history, while some regard it as a false and negative force. Naturally,...
The Humble Servant in the Lord’s Vineyard Goes to the Father’s House
After the great John Paul II, the cardinals elected me, a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord. I am consoled by...
Dowry in the Shadows: The Suppression of Catholicism and Spiritual Vacuum in British Society
In this essay, I am going to explore some of the causes which led to the opening of a “spiritual vacuum” in Britain, starting with the...
Sympathetic Nature
MANY PASSAGES in Scripture, both the Old and the New Testaments, are disconcertingly violent, as in today’s Gospel:
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom...
Book Review: Coached by the Curé, Lessons in Shepherding with St. John Vianney
(Here is a very fitting and a propos review and meditation on this Solemnity of the Sacred Heart from Father Marco Testa on Saint...
Frost and Fire: A Lenten Poem
To have the soul of a poet Lord,
To have one that feels to the depths.
The gaping wide hole in my soul Lord
The sadness and...
The Magnanimity of Bearing Misfortune Beautifully
Trite and tautological though the claim may be, permit me to begin by stating the obvious: it is good when good things happen. Good...
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...
