A Reflection on the suspension of Sunday Masses on the Third Sunday in Lent,...
O that today you would listen to his voice! Harden not your hearts (Ps. 95).
The Responsorial Psalm of the Mass on this third Sunday...
The physical effects of the scourging and crucifixion of Jesus
Much has been written about the physical and psychological effects of the crucifixion of Jesus, often by surgeons, psychiatrists, and other doctors. While well-intentioned,...
The Devil’s Deathly Dominion
Physician-turned-author Walker Percy’s final novel, The Thanatos Syndrome, published in 1987, tells the odd tale of a town wherein the ‘elites’ are devolving -...
Life Is Fragile, So Use The Good Dishes
One of the greatest lessons learned during my nursing career is the fragility of human life. Many times when a patient and their loved...
Lenten Second Sunday and the Salvific Spirit of Sacrifice
‘This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!’ When the disciples heard this, they fell to the...
Vivaldi and Piergolesi’s Stabat Maters
For Lenten music on this Second Sunday, you will enjoy Vivaldi's Stabat Mater, an elegiac piece composed sometime before 1727, when it premiered, based...
Sine Qua Non of Sunday Family Dinner
A few years ago, my husband and I looked around at our family and realized that our existing dining area was becoming too small...
The Second Sunday of Lent: The Wonder of the Transfiguration
The Transfiguration is celebrated twice in the Church’s liturgy: on the second Sunday of Lent but also on 6 August. The latter date is...
The First Message of His Holiness, Saint John Paul II, for Lent
(In the spirit of beginning our Lenten journey, here is a retrospective of the first Lenten message by Pope (Saint) John Paul II. He...
Moral Meltdown: A Magisterial View of the Morality of Embryo Adoption
Perusing the website of Snowflakes, an American adoption agency, the viewer is presented with myriad photos of respectable, young-to-middle-aged couples radiantly embracing beautiful, healthy,...