Apologia Pro Verba Mea
A reader, in response to my recent and all-too-brief musings on Dr. Theresa Tam, vaccines, masks, lockdowns and such, wrote the following:
That was on...
33 Days and Seven Sundays to Saint Joseph!
While on families on this Family Day, and, more to the point, in this year of Saint Joseph, someone mentioned that today is the...
Saint Rita’s Mission Impossible
A fitting thought on this vigil day of Pentecost is that nothing is impossible with God. Did not Christ promise that He would grant...
Why We Still Very Much Need the Traditional Latin Mass
In light of the tangled and controversial implications of the recent motu proprio Traditionis Custodes – the irony of which title still strikes me...
Saint John Neumann, the Bishop Who Kept on Going
Today is the feast of Saint John Neumann - whom we should keep distinct from Saint John Henry Newman, the English Oratorian and fellow...
The Pope, the TLM and the Novus Ordo: Who’s Really Following Vatican II?
The Holy Father just cannot let it go: In remarks made the other day on May 7th to liturgical scholars at the Pontifical Liturgical...
MAiD Really MAiMS Medicine
Ten thousand reasons is a catchy charismatic praise and worship song. Of course, I may not play it at Mass, but it fits around...
Beauty and the Beast-ly
The author asks, Why is Everything So Ugly?, and his answer is an intriguing reflection on the lack of beauty in modern New York....
Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies
Lies come in all types - Half-lies, white lies, truthful lies, lying truths, and the 'damned lies' of statistics. Saint Thomas, following Augustine, defines...
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,...
