A Triptych Memorial
In the liturgical revisions after Vatican II, the more complex hierarchy of feasts was simplified, so that we now have solemnities, feasts, memorials and...
Adoring the Sacred Heart of Jesus
As part of the humanity of the Incarnate Word, the Sacred Heart is a creature. Should, then, Jesus's Sacred Heart be accorded the adoration...
Whatever Happened to Sin?
(Pius XII warned in 1946 that the worst sin of the twentieth century was the loss of the sense of sin. In Sunday's Gospel, ...
Saint Benedict and Travels
Today is the feast of Saint Benedict, with the variety of whose 'options' carrying his name he may not necessarily agree. At a young...
Adoramus Te, Christe
On this feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, here are two musical settings of the refrain Adoramus Te, whose full text runs:
Adoramus...
Thomas
Can you imagine what it would be like to watch your best friend being tortured to death? Nearly naked—missing most of his clothing and...
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...
The Relentless God
WERE YOU startled by what you heard in the reading of Moses holding back the anger of God? It certainly provides a picture of God...
Father Kapaun’s March Through the Valley of Death
John Stansifer has written a fascinating and inspiring life – I could scarcely put it down - on Father Emil Kapaun, an army chaplain...
The Mysticism of Gregory of Nyssa
The memorial of Saint Gregory of Nyssa, even if not in the universal calendar, is on this January 10th. Gregory is one of the...
