Ite Ad Ioseph!

A blessed and joyous solemnity of Saint Joseph to all our readers! The strong and silent saint from the Gospel is a fitting one for...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...

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'...

Aichinger’s Regina Coeli, Alleluia!

A blessed, joyous and grace-filled Easter to one and all! Christus resurrexit! Dominus surrexit vere! Alleluia! One of my favorite pieces of this season...

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...

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 Glorious Martyrdoms of Martin and Maximus

As we continue in this joyful Easter season we recall on this 13th of April Pope Saint Martin I (+655), one of the noblest,...