Bossuet and Protestantism
Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704), bishop of Meaux, lived in a time shortly after the Reformation. A bishop of much lustre, Bossuet frequented Versailles, preaching...
Human Words and the Divine Word
Speaking to her beloved Romeo, Juliet says, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as...
The Immanence of Jerusalem: Preparing the Way of the Lord
“1917 was the Balfour Declaration establishing Israel for the nations,
2017 was Trump’s declaration.”
Yakov Hayman, chairman of the United Temple Movement
It’s been...
Walker Percy and the Modern Malaise
Walker Percy (1916-1990), born and raised in the South, was a member of that rare breed of southern Catholic writers. His grandfather and later...
The Millennial Fugue
Spare a thought for millennials, perhaps the most persecuted sector of our increasingly ignorant and spiritually impoverished society.
Denied God and the firm Christian teaching...
The Miracle on Assumption Day
Victory in battle does not depend on who has the largest army; it is the Lord's power that determines the outcome (1 Maccabaeus 3:9)
Presumably...
Hollywood Combusts
I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer....
Random Reflections on Jacques Maritain
Recently I was startled to realize, it being so uneasy a reminder of my own mortality, that the eminent French philosopher Jacques Maritain has...
The Governor General’s Hubris and Anti-Intellectualism
On November 1, Governor General (GG) Julie Payette was a keynote speaker at the Canadian Science Policy Conference in Ottawa. She touched upon a...
The Hundred Year War on the Family
Mere days after Our Lady’s final apparition at Fatima on October 13, 1917, the Bolsheviks took power over Russia and quickly established a totalitarian...