Prayers Requested for Father Alphonse de Valk
We have been asked to pray for Father Alphonse de Valk, who is nearing his eternity. The message we have received runs as follows,...
Evelyn Waugh and the Mass of the Ages
I was struck as I finished up reading over a small volume of letters by the great English writer Evelyn Waugh, author of such...
The Good Side of the Covid Crisis
And, therefore, my own good daughter, do not let your mind be troubled over anything that shall happen to me in this world.Ā Nothing...
The Mystery of Salvific Suffering
As we move towards Holy Week in this last week of LentĀ - in the midst of this global crisis, the unfolding effects of which...
Ad Orientem, et Pro Populo
The Bishop of Boise, Idaho, Peter F. Christensen, has specifically forbidden his priests, even in their ultra-private Masses now mandated, from celebrating āad orientemā....
Stats, Reality and Repentance
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statisticsā¦
So quipped Mark Twain, and, in the main, he was right. Statistics can be...
The Re-Consecration of England Through Our Lady of Walsingham
Tomorrow, March 29th, in the year of Our Lord 2020, five centuries after the beginning of what is known as the 'Protestant Reformation', England...
Finding a Balance
Aristotle wrote that virtue resides in a mean, a balance between two extremes, finding that sweet spot in the middle whereby one does the...
King David’s Take on Covid
Back in biology class, we debated whether viruses were āaliveā. Theyāre certainly the lowest form of living thing, if living at all. They cannot...
Urbi et Orbi Blessing
Pope Francis is inviting Catholics - indeed, all people of good will - to witness and receive his Urbi et Orbi - to the...
