Anselm, Show Trials and Truth
Saint Anselm (+1109) was bishop of the see of Canterbury, back when it was still Catholic, and remained officially so until the predations of...
Moving Days
As my family travels, we meet quite a few people who ask us things like, “Where is your favorite place to go?” (I have...
The Mercy of Hell?
So, what of hell? As you may have heard, and on which I wrote a few days ago, Pope Francis has allegedly (through the...
Mulling over Merton
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a Trappist monk, theologian, poet, mystic, and the author of more than seventy books. Having lost both parents by the...
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...
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...
The Soul of the Internet
One of my blogging heroines often says the only thing that qualifies her to blog is that she is a housewife with a computer—meaning,...
Three Saints for One
Today is a rarity in our liturgical calendar, as we celebrate no less than three saints, each of them optional memorials: In order of...
Lenten Third Sunday Music: de Lassus and Chants
For this Third Sunday in Lent, given the circumstances of the world, the suggestions of Pater Ignotus include this setting of the seven penitential...