Water in the Wasteland: Unexpected Elements of Hope and Redemption in Television...
I am the kind of person who sometimes derives hope from unusual things. As a lover of stories, I often will comment that a...
19th Sunday and Finding the Wisdom of the Cross
For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according...
Pentecost’s Fortitude
‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me so I send you’ (Jn. 20:21). ⧾
The text of the Gospel brings us back...
Twentieth Sunday: Prayer and Tradition
For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples (Is. 56: 7).
In any given region or country, a common language...
A Pope and Prime Minister Return to the Mission – We Hope
This story and its characters are (mostly) fictitious, and it is (generally) not inspired by true events. But if the events could yet prove...
Thirty Third Sunday, Humility and the End of Time
At that time Michael the great prince, the protector of your people, shall arise (Dan. 12:1).
As we approach the end of the liturgical year...
The Titanic, Father Thomas Byles, and Laying Down One’s Life
On Monday 15 April 1912 the RMS Titanic sank in the deep waters of the North Atlantic taking with her more than 1,500 lives. Among...
The Backstory of the Daily News: Notes on Science, Politics and Gnosticism by Eric...
(Eric Voeglin (1901-1985) was a German political philosopher, who narrowly escaped the Gestapo, and spent most of his life in America. He wrote voluminously,...
Stomping on the Devil’s Toe
The Catechism of the Catholic Church declares that the devil is not only real, but most certainly is not just some blind impersonal force...
The Greatness of Humility
Twenty-second Sunday Per Annum (C) September 1, 2019.
Perform your tasks with humility….To the humble the Lord reveals His secrets…By the humble He is glorified...