Things real and wonderful
Recently I came across quote from C. S. Lewis that said:
"In a sense a child does not long for fairy land as a boy...
Christmas reflections
House of Bread. Bethlehem. The place where He was born. It may not have been in a stable and it was likely not in...
Placating Tyrants and Playing Catch up with the Culture of Death
From Justin Trudeauâs eyebrow apparently falling off during a press scrum (apparently it may have been an optical illusion), to his tiff with President...
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...
Elizabeth Anscombe on Hating God
Elizabeth Anscombe (1919-2001) was a British analytic philosopher who early in life met and was deeply influenced by the great Austrian logician and linguist...
The Longing Beneath the Roles: Kilmer, the Catechism, and the Search for God
The cinematic roles of Val Kilmer - who died April 1st, 2025 at the age of 65 after a long cinematic career - did...
Lancing the Wound of Sin
âAlways remember that God sees everything.â - Padre Pio
My husband used to be a bikerânot the Harley kind, but the bicycle kind. He used...
Christ the King’s Providential Passion
THE GOSPELS this year have come from the Gospel of Luke, and we finish on the feast of Christ the King with a section...
A Kinder Visitation
A blessed and joyous feast of the Visitation, commemorating the journey and meeting of the Virgin Mary to her âkinswomanâ Elizabeth, at her home...
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...















