Was the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Justifiable?
Yesterday, North Korea purportedly test-detonated a hydrogen bomb, raising the tension in the region, and raising the prospect of yet-again the use of nuclear...
Belloc and the New Paganism
Hilaire Belloc warned of Man's re-descent into a 'new paganism' nearly a hundred years ago, in 1931, and thought the process already well advanced...
Thirtieth Sunday: Humble Prayer, in Truth
The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds, and it will not rest until it reaches its goal (Sir. 35:17) ⧾
Like all of our...
Book Review: As We Worship So We Become: Meditations, Prayers and Devotions to the...
Rev. Marco Testa, As We Worship So We Become: Meditations, Prayers and Devotions to the Most Holy Sacrament of The Altar: 2023.
The Holy Sacrifice...
The Baptist and the Second Sunday of Advent
Angelus, Second Sunday of Advent, 7 December 2003
1. "Prepare the way of the Lord, clear him a straight path" (Lk 3: 4).
This invitation of...
In Times Like This, Structure is Especially Essential
In this time where the schools are shut down, business is shut down, we are living off of government handouts, Churches are closed indefinitely,...
O Sing Unto the Lord
An anthem by G.F. Handel, composed 1717-18, whose beginning strains echo those of the Messiah, but quickly gains its own flavour and personality -...
Honey, I hate you.
A few weeks before Christmas, as I was working on something across the room from him, my boyfriend decided he was going to get...
The Holy Archangels and Spiritual Warfare
A blessed feast of the Archangels to all our readers. Father Scott’s article on the Saint Michael prayer points out that this used to...
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...