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...
Pope Francis
Our Lord said to Francis of Assisi in the great saint’s vision at San Damiano:
"Francis, Francis,
go and repair My house which,
as you can see,
is...
Canada’s Dominion Day
A blessed Dominion Day to all our readers, on which we celebrate the official founding of ‘Canada’ as a (mostly) independent part of the...
Pope Pius’ Truth and Reality Catching Up
A blessed feast of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Saint John Lateran to all our readers! The highest-ranking church in all Christendom, the...
Confessions of a Recovering Almost-Hoarder
When my grandmother moved out of the house she had lived in for 35 years, it took the family several days to clean it...
AI, ABBA and Entropy
Entropy may be described as the movement from order to disorder, from cosmos to chaos. It is the inevitable consequence of any closed system,...
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...
Fashion and Dignity
Spring is here—Alleluia! I've been waiting for warmer weather like a little kid waits for Christmas morning, gleefully counting down the days. It happens every...
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...
A Vote for Life
The referendum vote in Ireland today, on the ‘right’ to abortion, is a turning point in our culture, for the Catholic nation symbolizes something...
