Green Day, Ignatius and ‘Rigid’ Catholics
Welcome to the land of now-legal marijuana, for on this Wednesday, Canada, in her continuing cultural descent under Trudeau, becomes the second sovereign nation...
The Modern Family and Their Tragic Children
Following upon my post the other day, on the young woman who drowned her newborn, and was let off with more or less a...
The Grave Visitor: A Poem
The Grave Visitor
One pair of prints always walk in
They find their normal stone
They halt by grave of nearest kin
Then exit all alone
The snow blows...
Why We Are Catholics
Why I Am a Catholic (1932) is a collection of essays by Hilaire Belloc, Archbishop Alban Goodier, Ronald Knox, C.C. Martindale and novelist Sheila...
Palestrina’s Viri Galilaei
Another priceless gem from the craftmanship of Palestrina, Viri Galilaei - a meditation on the angel's declaration to the Apostles and disciples: Men of Galilee,...
Fourth Sunday, Mary and Joseph
When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home (Mt. 1:24). ⧟
On...
Cardinal Gibbons’ Cure for Atheism
James Cardinal Gibbons (1834-1921) was twenty one when Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, and died not long after World War I. He attended the...
The Moral Aspect of the Apocalypse
The biblical texts used at Mass towards the end of the liturgical year are certainly dramaticâwith stars falling from heaven and the likeâand, it...
Women’s Finals and the Perils of Groupthink
By now, avid sports fans throughout the Western world and anyone who follows the news regularly, will have heard of Serena Williamsâs blow-up at...
The True Meaning of Poverty: Twenty Eighth Sunday
âHow hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of Godâ (Mk. 10:24).
As with many of Our Lordâs sayings,...
