The Science of the Cross

When they got into the boat, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshipped him, saying, ‘Truly you are the Son of God’...

The Psalms as Prayer

We hear a lot of the Bible at Sunday Mass. There are four readings every week, although the fourth one is usually ignored. Everyone...

Beware of Communists Bearing Gifts

(This article builds upon a previous one published at Catholic Insight on December 9, 2018 under the title Trojan Horse in the City of...

WOJTYLA INSTITUTE 2020: THE FOUR LAST THINGS

WOJTYLA INSTITUTE 2020: THE FOUR LAST THINGS The Wojtyla Summer Institute is moving online for 2020! This year’s theme is “The Four Last Things”, featuring live online...

Sunday Musical Selection

Palestrina's Missa Lauda Sion, from his setting of Mass for four voices, published in 1582: https://youtu.be/Uq4-BgseDrU And Antonio Vivaldi's Lauda Jerusalem, composed in 1739: https://youtu.be/CYAn8roqEtA

The Eucharist is Everything

Taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the...

Eighteenth Sunday: Earthly and Heavenly Eutopia

The feast described by the prophet Isaiah in today’s first reading, with its “wine, milk and rich food,” was for the Jews a symbol...

Martha and Mary: The Good Part

Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her (Lk. 10: 42). ⧾ In Christian tradition Martha and Mary have...

Old Thunder: A Retrospective on Hilaire Belloc

(The following piece, if memory serves, was submitted and published by Carl Sundell a year or two ago, but I can find no record...

Blessed and Blessed

GREEK HAS A WORD FOR IT. That’s an expression that recognizes that there are subtle distinctions available in Greek that English lacks. For instance,...

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