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...
Sanity in the Courtroom, and a Clarion Call
In a case recently decided in favour of a tanning salon - of all things - filed by owner James Mainer against the strictures...
A Little Mozart and Bach to Lift Your Spirits
At the suggestion of a reader, here is Mozart's Laudate Dominum, a version of the briefest of the Psalms, 117/118, from his 1780 'Vespers...
Word Painting in William Byrd’s Vigilate and Ave Verum Corpus
Few composers have lived and nonetheless thrived in such a turbulent era as William Byrd. Born sometime between 1539 and 1543, Byrd grew up...
Tories and the Grave New World
A nation that kills its own children has no future. St. John Paul II
In 2008, the late Father Alphonse deValk, founding editor of...
Adoro Te Devote, latens Deitas: Godhead Here in Hiding Whom I Do Adore
St. John Chrysostom wrote: “When Mass is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled with countless angels who adore the Divine Victim immolated on the...
Victoria Day 2-4, Ales and Dominions
A happy Victoria Day to all our readers! Some have dubbed this 'May 2-4', I suppose since it often falls somewhat close to the...
Sto Lat! Pope John Paul II’s Centenary, and Pope John I
On this May 18th, as we celebrate the first Pontiff with the name of the beloved disciple – and more on him in a...
Setting Our Faces Like Flint and Bearing Fruit
“It was not you who chose me, says the Lord, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit...
Judas, Matthias and the Mercy of God
Here is an excerpt from an address by Pope Benedict XVI back in 2006 - but his words are timeless - on Judas and...
