Catholics and Earth Day
Filtering what comes through 'mainstream' media is good for one's mental and spiritual clarity these days. I try to avoid television, but caught a...
Benedict the Beggar and Benedict the Pope
This day marks the anniversary of the death of Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, (+1783), one of the oddest, but also the most attractive, of...
The Limits of Mercy
A blessed Divine Mercy Sunday to one and all, a feast put in place by Pope Saint John Paul II, back in the Jubilee...
The Wonderful World of Black Holes
This is the second anniversary of our first photograph of a ''black hole, those much-ballyhooed objects that were once the stuff purely of imagination...
Easter Joy, Lockdown Loops, and Casting Out Fear
A continued blessed and joyous Easter to all our readers, on this second day of eight days of solemnities, each day an 'Easter Sunday'...
Bishop Sheen and the Betrayal of Judas
Judas is an intriguing figure, perhaps not for the right reasons, but nonetheless, he's given to us in the Gospels for a reason -...
Tenebrae: Monsignor Ronan, Saint Michael’s Choir School and Thomas Tallis
'Tenebrae' - or 'darkness', in Latin - is a service of solemn songs and readings in the three days (the 'Triduum') commemorating our Lord's...
Saint John Climacus
Today, March 30th, happens to be the commemoration of Saint John Climacus, the Syrian monk and mystic, of whom Father Mario Attard wrote on...
The Virgin Mary and Her Share in the Redemptive Work of Her Son
In light of the Holy Father's address the other day, in which he mentioned that Mary was and is not a 'co-redeemer', with Christ,...
Be It Done to Me According to Thy Will
A blessed solemnity of the Annunciation! to all our readers, which commemorates the conception of the Son of God in the womb of the...
