Wednesday, December 3, 2025

A True Thomistic Versus an Oddly Ockhamist Josephology

In one of the most recent and popular books on Saint Joseph called Consecration to Saint Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father, Father...

The Great Green Grift

“Whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his...

The Power of the Holy Rosary

Today, Wednesday 7 October 2021, the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. In the silence of my heart Pope Francis’...

The Meaning of Man and a True Anthropology: Twenty Seventh Sunday

The Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. (Gen. 2:7). Our first reading...

Why We Are Catholics

Why I Am a Catholic (1932) is a collection of essays by Hilaire Belloc, Archbishop Alban Goodier, Ronald Knox, C.C. Martindale and novelist Sheila...

Philomela – A Poem

"Philomela" A lark sings through the hellish gloom; Calls out to her Author. Praising, loving, she cries her tune, Piercing my ears to bother.   A lonely cry, muffled and...

Michael, Prince of the Angelic Host

The second last day of September, the 29th, is the feast of St Michael the Archangel. But who is this Prince of all the...

Sinister Spiritual Candy

“Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.” — Mark 7:15 I...

The Relevance of the Church and Catholic Disinformation

The following comments come from a conversation I had with Catholic friends. The brief reflection that follows gives, what I believe, some of the...

Conformity to God, Not To the World

The godless say, ‘let us wait for the righteous one, who makes life inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; who reproaches us for...