Lenten Second Sunday and the Salvific Spirit of Sacrifice
âThis is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!â When the disciples heard this, they fell to the...
Becoming Blind to Pornography on the Internet
âAnd if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life...
Henry Walpole and William Byrd
Tertullianâs oft-quoted phrase, âthe blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church,â immediately evokes scenes of the early Christians in the Roman...
The Dreadful but Hopeful Dream of the Two Pillars
Try to picture yourselves with me on the seashore, or, better still, on an outlying cliff with no other land in sight. The vast...
Saint Cyril and Our Lady
Today is the traditional feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, signified in one of the most famous âiconsâ of the Virgin Mother, which,...
Joseph the Image of God the Father and Patris Corde
On this second anniversary of the publication of Patris Corde, one year after the conclusion of the Year of Saint Joseph and on the...
Rejoice!
A very joyous Laetare Sunday to all our readers, a day on which we can partake in some way in the joy of Easter...
The Psychology of Fasting
Fasting was an essential aspect of primitive Christianity, as it had been in Old Testament times. That the followers of Jesus would fast is...
Fifth Sunday: The Church’s Mission to Each Individual Soul
I do it all for the sake of the Gospel, so that I may share in its blessings (1 Cor. 9:23).
St. Paulâs passionate words...
To Be a Pilgrim: Thanksgiving as a Pilgrimage
   Thanksgiving, for most people here in America, is something of a precursor of Christmas that initiates a deluge of holiday hits playing ad...
