Monday, December 22, 2025

The Easter Triduum According to Three Popes

At the end of Holy Week we celebrate the Easter Triduum, the days from the evening of Holy Thursday to the evening of Easter...

Palm and Passion Sunday

And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom, and the earth shook, and the rocks were split...

Silence and the Clericalism of Fr. Rodrigues

Father Scott Murray Scorsese’s film adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s Silence is true to the original. In fact, I don’t believe I have ever seen a...

Stripping of the Altar, the Babylonian Captivity, and Properly Approaching Restrictions on the Traditional...

Having passed through the veiling of images during Passion week to the Stripping of the Altar on Holy Thursday (for those of you who...

Conversionary Compassion: Pope Francis and the Engaged Church

Conservative Catholics have expressed suspicion that Pope Francis is importing the values of a culture influenced by secular humanism into Church theology. He has...

Now Is the Time to be a Saint: Facing Antisemitism in the Church

Those who do not know the past are condemned to repeat it. - George Santayana This, more than anything else, is what I have realized...

What Is Holiness?

(In light of today's Gospel, on the calling of Levi, and our Lord eating with 'tax collectors and sinners', here are some fitting words...

At the Heart of ESG and the UN SDGs

Marriage in the Alps The ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) principles and metrics are aligned with and derived from the UN Sustainable Development Goals.  The...

The Magi’s Epiphany

The Gentiles have become fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers in the promise in Christ Jesus through the Gospel (Eph. 3:6). Our...

Lynn’s Resurrection

The significance of today's Gospel, about doubting Thomas—came home to me in a special way on 1 January 1975 when I was informed of...