The Limits of Law and Obedience
Obedience is not necessarily a virtue. It did not excuse the Nazis at Nuremberg, who were just âfollowing ordersâ. Just as Serviam has its exceptions and...
Facing Death with Peace and Joy
âPraised may You be, my Lord, through our Sister, Bodily Death, from whom no living man can escape.â (Canticle of the Sun composed by...
The Primacy of the Family, and Children
It has always been difficult for the homilist to preach on the feast of the Holy Family. In the old days, the priest would...
Christ’s Way of Glory
My motherâs sons were angry with me,
they made me keeper of the vineyards,
but my own vineyard I have not kept. (Song 1:6)
For many...
2021: Dark State Descending, But Hope in Christ Ascending
"More than two millennia after the birth of Jesus Christ, His teachings continue to inspire and uplift billions and billions of people all over...
Longing in Advent: Fourth Sunday
I donât know about you, but Iâm tired of 'Christmas'. Of course, I am not referring to the real Christmasâthe birth of Jesusâbut the...
Francis, Francesco and Civil Unions
On October 21, the documentary Francesco premiered at the Rome Film Festival. Directed by Emmy-nominated director Evgeny Afineevsky, Francesco received the Kinéo Movie for...
Marcel Tyberg â a Forgotten Composer of the Holocaust
In the 75 years since the end of the Second World War and the Holocaust, it is still hard to say how much the...
Saint John of the Cross: A Sound Teacher of True Love
Today, 14 December, we celebrate the feast of a great Spanish mystic, a friend and a co-reformer of the Carmelite religious family, namely Saint...
The Third Sunday of Advent: A Voice Crying the Wilderness
Do not despise the words of ProphetsâŠhold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil (1 Thess. 5:17). ⧟
Again on this...
