Foxes and Birds
A friend of mine and I have a long-standing debate about sermons. He prefers a straightforward approach, while I am more inclined to resort...
The Purpose of Beauty
Like many people, I have a love affair with old churches. I lived in Rome a few years ago, and I am surprised I...
The Lasting Legacies of Peter and Paul
Keeper of the Keys
Most readers are familiar with the various Gospel accounts of St. Peter as the Apostle specially chosen by Christ to “feed...
Adoring the Sacred Heart of Jesus
As part of the humanity of the Incarnate Word, the Sacred Heart is a creature. Should, then, Jesus's Sacred Heart be accorded the adoration...
Saint Cyril and Our Lady
Today is the traditional feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, signified in one of the most famous ‘icons’ of the Virgin Mother, which,...
Come, Let us Adore Him
All ate and were filled. What was left over was gathered up, twelve baskets of broken pieces (Lk. 9:17).As we celebrate the Solemnity of...
Gay Pride, the Archbishop and the Pastor
Although I try not to dwell on it overmuch, in fact I ignore it as much as I might, this is ‘Gay Pride’ month,...
Welcome to Hell
I might have re-named it, had I bought the town of Hell, Michigan, as did ‘YouTuber’ Elijah Daniel, of whom I had never heard,...
Thought for the Day: G.K. Chesterton
“I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.”
Illustrated London News, Aug....
Thought for the Day: Saint Thomas and Friendship
Whether charity is a type of friendship? (II-II q. 23, a. 1, resp.)
According to the Philosopher (Ethic. viii, 2,3) not every love has the character...