Imagining Corona

Napoleon once quipped that men live by imagination – by which, we may surmise, he meant that they live more in the future than...

Four Saints in One

We celebrate a veritable panoply of saints today: In Canada, we have the memorial of Saint Marguerite D’Youville (+1771), a lovely French Canadian mademoiselle,...

King David’s Take on Covid

Back in biology class, we debated whether viruses were ‘alive’. They’re certainly the lowest form of living thing, if living at all. They cannot...

Washington’s Enclaved Elysium

For Biden's inauguration, 25,000 troops were stationed in Washington, with much of the area around the Capitol and White House closed off. So much...

Paradise Lost, but All is Not

Malibu is burning, and we may be inclined to see some sort of divine sign in the conflagration, not least in the loss of...

Memento Mori

A blessed and joyous feast of the Baptism of the Lord, commemorating the beginning of Christ’s public ministry which, as more than exegete has...

A Manly King, and a Kingly Man

An article this morning in CWR quotes a recent speech by none other than Cardinal Sarah, recounting to young scouting pilgrims, on pilgrimage to...

Is That the Sound of Crunchy Crickets?

As the title of this thread has it, they're starting to slip the bugs in. No, no, not computer bugs, which have been around...

Christus Natus Est, Gaudeamus!

A very merry, blessed and joyous Christmas to all our readers, which we hope is filled with God's grace and good cheer.  Someone sent...