Vexilla Regis Prodeunt: Chant, Victoria and Palestrina
A blessed and grace-filled Passion-Palm Sunday to one and all of our readers.
Father Callam has a wonderful meditation on the Vexilla Regis Prodeunt, the...
The Cross as the Answer
Although he was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered. And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation...
Merrie England Once More
As I begin this reflection, I am on my way to the Devon coast, having just passed through Bath, set up by the Romans...
Really Seeing
Are old people wise? Have they learned anything from experience? Or are they all curmudgeons, continually grumbling about the young generation and contrasting it...
Twenty Third Sunday: The Cross, the Eucharist, and Eternal Life
‘Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple’ (Lk. 14:27). ⧾
This saying of Our Lord is very...
Should We Care About Pride?
This is a question that I find myself pondering with some regularity, but for the last few years during the month of June –...
Helpless, but not hopeless
Yesterday I was sitting in a fairly uncomfortable chair in the dentist’s office with my mouth full of dental equipment and a couple pairs...
Paul of Tarsus and Patrick Brown
You have to love conversion stories, from the very real Saul on that road to Damascus, to the fictional Scrooge on a Dickensian Christmas...
4th Sunday: Listen to the voice of the Lord
They were astounded at his teaching for he taught as one having authority, and not as the scribes (Mk 1:21).
As we commemorate the mysteries of...
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ: From the Visions of Anne Catherine...
In this account of Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich’s visions regarding the Last Supper, trial, scourging, carrying of the Cross, crucifixion, death and resurrection of...
