Our Wedding Garment
"My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?”
(Matthew 22:12)
I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down...
How to Destroy the Family in Six Easy Lessons: The Beelzebul Method
I am known by many names like Beelzebul, Mephistopheles, or Satan. When I was created, God called me Lucifer, but I prefer--Prince of Darkness....
Charles Rice on Natural Law Morality
Charles E. Rice (1931-2015), a Thomist philosopher and professor of law at Notre Dame University, was a consistent conservative on matters political and theological....
Fatima’s Century
A grace-filled hundredth anniversary of the final apparition at Fatima, as Our Lady appeared for last time to the three seers on this day...
Ode to the dishwasher
(On this Thanksgiving morning, you might enjoy this wonderful poem from a Canadian mother, on the philosophy, nay, the very theology, of washing dishes,...
The Question of ‘Bioethics’
“Three generations of imbeciles are enough.” – Supreme Court decision Buck vs. Bell
Carrie Buck was 17 when she was forced to enter the Virginia...
The Christian and Depression
I strongly encourage anyone who is discouraged or depressed to read the third chapter of the book of Tobit. In this passage, two people...
The True Beauty of Woman
I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. (Genesis 3:16)
Ironically, although technological advances have made it possible for...
Rough Weather
(Below is a column from our archives, which pertains to some of the 'rough weather' tht has been visited upon many people of late....
Star of the Sea: Marian Devotion through the Prism of an Old English...
Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary has played an integral role in the tradition of Christian prayer since the early days of the Church,...