The Holy Mass Part III: As Sacrifice and Heavenly Food, Not Therapeutic Pablum and...
This Sunday’s reflection is the third in a series of meditations on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with specific references to the Ancient...
Interior Freedom By Frequent Confession
(The question of how often to go to the sacrament of confession is a very personal one for Catholics, made deep within one's conscience,...
The Holy Mass Part II: What God Does for Us, and What We Do...
This Sunday’s reflection is the second in a series of meditations on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with specific references to the Ancient...
The Bible, as History and Theology
There was a theologian a few years ago who made quite a splash in the media by criticizing the Bible. A lot of people...
Under the Holy Cloak of St. Joseph, Patron the Universal Church and Patron of...
This past week, in the cycle of readings for ferial Masses, we read the story of the Patriarch Joseph. It is a story rich...
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 Holy Mass Part I: A Reflection on the Traditional Mass
Fifteenth Sunday Per Annum (B) ...
Private Versus Public Morality
Toward the end of his term in office, American President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court of the United States. ...
Everything Hinges on How We Respond to Christ’s Word
And Jesus could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them. And...
Fourteenth Sunday: The Inadequacy of Relativism and Random Chance
A theme common to Ezekiel and Saint Mark—the readings for the fourteenth Sunday, year B—is the necessity of faith . . . and, be...