Our Lady and the Octave of Christmas
Hail, holy Mother! The Child to whom you gave birth is the King of Heaven and earth forever.
Christmas is a Solemnity with an Octave....
Epiphany: Kneeling Humbly Before our God
On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then opening their treasure...
Hilaire Belloc on a World at War with the Church
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:10
Hilaire Belloc's somewhat long and...
Our Lord’s Baptism and Our Lady
And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased’ (Lk. 3:22). ⧾
Today’s Feast of the...
Call No Man Father…Including Saint Joseph?
One of the age-old objections that Protestants have to the Catholic priesthood is known as the “Call No Man Father” Argument, which runs something...
Second Sunday: Do Whatever He Tells You
His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you’ (Jn. 2:5). ⧾
In the Gospel of St. John which we have just heard,...
America’s Perfect Storm
When the Constitutional Convention concluded, Benjamin Franklin upon his exit from the event was accosted by a woman who asked him what kind of...
Will The Real Anthony Fauci Please Stand Up?
The power of government rests on ignorance of the people, and it knows this, and therefore will always resist enlightenment. Leo Tolstoy
Earlier this month,...
Third Sunday: Nehemiah, Ezra and Restoring All Things
‘This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.’ For all the people wept when they heard the words...
Revolution and Renewal in England: Glimpses into the History of Catholicism in ‘Mary’s...
(On this day, January 25th, in 1533, Henry VIII secretly married his paramour Anne Boleyn, for whom he had thrown off not only his...