Homesick at Home
He looked at the dandelions and crickets and realized that he was gigantic. We are too fond of reckoning by mountains, every object is infinitely...
Saint Anthony of Padua’s Enduring Popularity
On Sunday 13 2021 the universal Church, and particularly, the Franciscan Order, celebrate with great joy the feast of St Anthony of Padua. In the...
The Saints and the Sacred Heart
If the Lord never tires to forgive it is because His heart is never tired from loving us, poor sinners. In fact, God’s love...
Should We Care About Pride?
This is a question that I find myself pondering with some regularity, but for the last few years during the month of June –...
A Brief History of Vaccines, Their Efficacy and Why These Ones Are Different
“To vaccinate or not to vaccinate, that is the question”, soliloquised Piglet, “since all vaccines are equal, but some vaccines are more equal than...
Pandemic and the PCR Test: Questionable Reliability
(Eshan Dias' explanation of the process of testing for Covid-19 uses some scientific terminology, but well worth a read for understanding how the PCR...
The Holy Eucharist and ‘Being There’: Much of Life is All About Showing Up
Simple facts can often be significant . . . and often unadverted to. Consider the Last Supper. Obviously, the Apostles had to be present...
The Richness of the Holy Eucharist!
One of the most beautiful ways that the Holy Spirit teaches me to think about the Eucharist is that of pondering upon its immense...
Lauda Sion
From Tomás Luis de Victoria, his motet in praise of the Holy Eucharist, from 1585, in an era when the Holy Sacrifice of the...
The Church is Eucharistic in Her Very Essence
O Sacred banquet in which Christ is received, the memory of His Passion is renewed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge...
