Fifth Sunday of Easter, and Augustine’s Tale of Two Cities

I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out heaven from God…and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘See,...

The Beauty of Suffering

To suffer in love is the greatest of all joys. Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many...

Franciscan Tertiary Blessed Franz Jägerstätter: the Prophet of Nonviolence, and Noncompliance

Saturday, May 21st, is the feast day of Blessed Franz Jägerstätter - the anniversary of his baptism - and it would benefit us to...

Joseph, a Priest According to the Order of Melchizedek

Have you ever wondered about the identity of that mysterious figure in the book of Genesis named Melchizedek, the King of Salem who offers...

Ascension, Bishops and the Church

When was the Church founded? Many would say that it emerged from the opened side of Jesus on the cross, like a new Eve...

A Grace-Filled Pentecost! Come Holy Ghost!

‘If a man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make...

The Mystery of the Most Holy Trinity

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption to sonship....

Blessed Anicet Koplinski and Companions, Martyrs of the Nazis

Thursday 16 June 2022, is the liturgical memorial of our Capuchin brothers Blessed Anicet Koplinski and his companions who were martyred in World War...

Murder in the 33rd Degree: The Gagnon Investigation into Vatican Freemasonry

“We have the impression that through some cracks in the wall the smoke of Satan has entered the temple of God.” Pope Paul VI,...

Celebrating Holy Mass in a Way Worthy of Corpus Christi

O Sacred banquet in which Christ is received, the memory of His Passion is renewed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge...