The Titanic, Father Thomas Byles, and Laying Down One’s Life
On Monday 15 April 1912 the RMS Titanic sank in the deep waters of the North Atlantic taking with her more than 1,500 lives. Among...
The Third Sunday of Easter and the Battle for the Sacred
Jesus Christ the righteous…he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole...
Saint Anselm’s Idea of God
“ontology” defined ~ the science of being
Some students are fortunate enough to have had a teacher who made all the difference in life. I...
St George, Faithful Servant of God and Invincible Martyr
On April 23rd, the universal Church celebrates with great joy the feast of St George. Besides being a saint of the early times of...
Humility Breaks the Pride of The Demon
“Those forty days, then, and forty nights, I lay prostrate before the LORD, because he had threatened to destroy you.” (Deuteronomy 9:25)
Fr. Dominik Chmielewski...
Fourth Sunday of Easter: Hearing the Voice of the Good Shepherd
I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep (Jn. 10:11).
Today is Good Shepherd Sunday and as we...
C.S. Lewis’ ‘Mere Christianity’ as ‘Mere Puritanism’
In a letter of 11 December 1944 C. S. Lewis mentions five “shining examples of human holiness”. Along with Saint Francis, George Herbert, George...
Sixth Sunday of Easter: Friends of Christ, and Friends of Each Other
‘You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer because the servant does not...
Newman and His Fierce, Unchanging Religion
I will not shrink from uttering my firm conviction, that it would be a gain to this country, were it vastly more superstitious, more...
Fulton Sheen’s Thoughts for Daily Living
The Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979) needs little introduction. At the peak of his radio and television popularity from the 1940s to the...