Monday, September 15, 2025

What King James Has to Say about the Lectionary

The current lectionary at Mass in Canada has been in use for nearly thirty years now; it was introduced in 1992. At that time...

Love of Country: The Unsung Virtue

ā€œFor us, after God, the greatest love is Polandā€Ā  - Bl. Stefan Wyszyński In the sixteenth century St. John of the Cross said: ā€œThe Lord...

Tradition: The Weakest Possible Argument, or the Strongest?

The Weakest Possible Argument? The weakest argument is that based on authority. This fact may explain why Father Most’s article on the history of the...

Keeping Advent Well

There is a remnant of the former ways in the Church, in this church where there is no sign of Christmas, where the vestments...

Palestrina’s Magnificat Primi Toni

On this feast of Saint Caecelia, patroness of music, especially of the ecclesial sort, it is fitting we present one of the greatest of...

Solemnity of Christ the King

ā€˜For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth...

Cosmos Korb and the Problem of Evil: A Tragedy in Brief

For reasons which will be apparent, my alias is Martin Beck. I am about to present several excerpts from the diary of my academic...

The Restoration of the Temple

When we hear in today’s first reading that Judas Maccabeus restored the temple worship, the joy of the people is almost palpable. It was...

Saint-SaĆ«ns’ Danse Macabre

Charles-Camille Saint-SaĆ«ns (9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a child prodigy, some say even more so than the incomparable Mozart, developing perfect...

The Moral Aspect of the Apocalypse

The biblical texts used at Mass towards the end of the liturgical year are certainly dramatic—with stars falling from heaven and the like—and, it...