Marriage, Divorce and Seeking Happiness

The old joke has it that Milton wrote Paradise Lost after he got married; and when his wife died, he penned the sequel, Paradise...

Work Made Light in Saint Joseph

In the waning years of the 19th century, before the war to end all wars, and the subsequent instantiation of what is called 'real...

Saint Pius V: Standing Between Heaven and Earth

Michel Ghislieri was born Anton in 1504, but took the name of the archangel when he joined the Dominican Order at the age of...

Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Doctor and Reformer

Ecclesia semper reformanda est.  So goes the old saying - Ecclesia semper reformanda est - the Church, always in need of reform - applies now,...

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...

Saints Peter Chanel and Louis Grignon de Montfort

On this joyful Eastertide day, we celebrate a double memorial: Saint Peter Chanel (+1841) who evangelized the island of Futuna in the South Pacific...

Our Lady’s Good Counsel

Our Lady of Good Counsel - Mater Boni Consilii - is one of the many titles of the Virgin Mary, one which dates back...

Saint Mark’s Haste

Saint Mark, writer of the Gospel and first bishop of Alexandria, was the missionary companion and amanuensis of Saint Peter, the first pope. The...

Pretense at Saint John Lateran

Pretense:  A false appearance or action intended to deceive.  A professed but feigned reason or excuse; a pretext. Something imagined or pretended. (https://www.wordnik.com/words/pretense) What term...

Fidelis’ Greatest Sermon was His Life

Today is the feast of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, (+1622) whose original name was Mark Rey: 'Sigmaringen' was his birthplace in what is now...