Pike, Hasan, the Church and the Death Penalty
The death penalty has been in the news of late. There was the ‘botched’ execution of Christa Pike on September 30th, the memorial of...
Non Nobis Domine
This brief motet - if one may term it so - has a renaissance feel to it, but is from the 1989 film, Henry...
Energy Devouring Claude
Claude is a hungry beast. No, not someone's croissant-and-cheese devouring boyfriend - well, let us rephrase that, for he might be, given modern people's...
Nada Te Turbe – Prayer of Saint Teresa
Nada te turbe is a poem, also a prayer, composed by the great mystic and doctor Saint Teresa of Avila. 'Let nothing disturb you'...
Be reasonable: surrender to faith!
Be reasonable,” she advised. A wonderful woman I know was talking about her widowed neighbor.
This woman continued to live in her home after her...
Saint Thomas of Villanova
Saint Thomas of Villanova (1488 - 1555) is in some regions still a very popular saint, with novenas preceding his traditional feast day on...
Parton and Steinem, Ave Atque Vale
A few words may be in order on the deaths of two icons of the fairer sex, whose lives were controversial. Dolly Parton died...
Rings of Power, Rings of Turpitude
The ongoing new take on Lord of the Rings - 'Rings of Power', an 'Amazon Original' - is, as expected, from what Ben Reinhard...
Poet’s Corner: Exiled in Place
To be estranged from what was once dear land,
bereft and orphaned, herded now like beasts—
interred too deep, a silence creeps in stonehand.
They raze the...
Petrine Papal Primacy
In light of today's readings on this Sunday, and Christ bestowing the papal office on Saint Peter, here is the text of Pastor Aeternus,...
