Pentecost and Witnessing to Truth
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good (1 Cor. 12:7).
Today, with joy and thanksgiving we celebrate the Solemnity...
A Little Lenten Reflection
As the universal Church begins the anticipatory and penitent season of Lent, it is important to take a moment to understand the season’s meaning...
Mount Everest
It isn't the most difficult mountain to climb, but in many ways the most impressive. The top of the world, the highest spot one...
The Mystery Hidden For Ages in God, or, Why Aren’t Catholics Holier Than They...
On his visit to our college a number of years ago, the late Jesuit priest and scholar Father Koterski mentioned a book that he...
Astronomer, Physicist and Worlds Colliding
I have an article Catholic World Report, on the 'Astronomer, Physicist and Worlds Colliding'. Have a read, if you will - it will soon...
Saint Joseph Speaks to our Hearts
On March 19 we celebrate the solemnity of St Joseph, the Spouse of the Virgin Mary and the Custodian of the Redeemer. St Joseph...
I AM: A Poem
I AM the Way
to heaven's road
but you cannot come
with such a load
of things so heavy
you think you knead
where only living
bread will feed.
I AM the...
Live by Truth, or Die by Lies
We’re living in an era of obfuscation or, to frame the matter more bluntly, a veritable blizzard of lies, ones that are difficult to...
Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans
Juditha Triumphans is an oratorio by Antonio Vivaldi, the only one of four he is known to have written which survived. Its date of...