On Chesterton and Children: Theology of Repetition
What am I doing here? Is this all there is to life?
These questions occasionally surface as I sit at my desk, surrounded by beige...
Ad Caeli Reginam: Encyclical of Pope Pius XII Proclaiming the Queenship of Mary
(As mentioned in an accompanying post, the Queenship of Mary used to fall on the last day of May (now the feast of the...
Twentieth Sunday: Casting Fire Upon the Earth!
I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be...
Our Lady’s Assumption
A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun,and the moon beneath her feet, and on her head a crown of...
Nineteenth Sunday: Consolation and Exhortation
‘Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom’ (Lk. 12:32). ⧾
These are perhaps among the most...
Spes Aedificandi: Saint Edith Stein, Martyr and Co-Patroness of Europe
On this August 9th, we commemorate Saint Edith Stein, whose name in religion was Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Just over a quarter of...
The Poison Pen of Christopher Hitchens
Someone will protest: “Why are you writing a piece on the atheist Christopher Hitchens? He's dead, and isn't he yesterday's news?” But this is...
Marxism Is the Opium of the Lost—Truth and Redemption Are Found Only in Christ
Recently, as I rarely do these days, I engaged in a social media exchange in response to a post by a political commentator and...
Transfigured Unto Divine Glory
A blessed and grace-filled feast of the Transfiguration to all our readers, when Christ allowed the Apostles - Peter, James and John - to...
Eighteenth Sunday and Setting Our Sights On What is Above
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden...
