Friday, January 9, 2026

Update on the Editor

As some may know, I am on a pilgrimage-holiday, first to my native Scotland (whence I write at present), then on down to Rome....

Choices, Good and Bad

Today is the feast of Saint Matthias, the one chosen, as recounted in the first chapter of Acts, to replace Judas Iscariot, who betrayed...

Anything Is Possible

One day years ago, while channel surfing, I came across a news story about a woman who became a man, and had decided to...

For if he were not expecting that those who had fallen would rise again, it would have been superfluous and foolish to pray for...

Keep it Simple. Stupid.

I don’t know what it is about women, but most of us tend to find relationships utterly fascinating. Get some girls together, and regardless...

Blessed Are You

There are so many times in my life when I’ve never felt so blessed! I have a loving family, daily nourishment, and a God...

Politics, Piggery and Doing One’s Duty

As the midterms make clear, the U.S. continues its continental divide, between the (ironically) red Republicans and the blue Democrats, with the former under...

Think well. Speak well. Do well. These three things, through the mercy of God, will make a man go to Heaven. (Saint Camillus de...

Saints Ita and Maurus

Saint Ita was an early Irish nun, ĂŤte ingen Chinn Fhalad in Gaelic (+ ca. 480 - 577). Descended from royalty (the King of...

Any old woman can love God better than a doctor of theology can. (Saint Bonaventure, +1274)