The Foiling of Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
Remember, remember! the fifth of November.
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
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The Salvific Power of Beauty
Dostoyevsky wrote, through the voice of Prince Myskin in his novel, The Idiot, that ‘beauty would save the world’.
I have often wondered about that...
Gregorian Chant: Music for Soul, Body, and God
I recently read a short (152 pages) and small book (each page is 5” by 6”), with beautiful font, and a fittingly short title,...
A Debacle of a Debate
I watched a bit of the ‘debate’ last night between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, and I use that term reservedly. A debate is...
The United States not so United, and a Saint of Portugal
A joyous Independence Day to all our American readers, one that may be more muted than days of yore in the troubled United States....
Altar Boys
I found an old picture of my father in an attic drawer. It was taken on the occasion of the St. Peter’s Altar Boy...
The Fourth of July: Pier Giorgio and Elizabeth of Portugal
A joyous Independence Day to all our American readers. There are any number of factions developing in the once-United States, but all can be...
Musings on the March
The March for Life was in many ways, as always, a rousing success – thousands of zealous pro-lifers of all ages and all walks...
Bacon, Science and Vaccine Efficacy
The proof is in the pudding, as the saying has it, which means that a recipe is only as good as its finished product....
Bibiana and All the Single Ladies
Saint Bibiana, who is commemorated today, a virgin martyred during the reign of Julian the Apostate, is the patroness of single laywomen, amongst her...
