Faure’s Requiem
The Ecclesiastical Schola of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, in conjunction with Our Lady of the Wayside School accompanied by a chamber orchestra, are...
Pope Paul VI in Praise of Women
A young mother lightly remonstrated with me about my diatribe on Women's Day, claiming that the post did not emphasize enough the positive and...
The Dilemmas of Atheism
“When the Son of man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8).
The following random reflections on atheism address what many...
Good and Bad Fruit
Eighth Sunday Per Annum (C) March 3, 2019.
No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for each...
Frankenstein’s Creation
No mortal could support the horror of that countenance. A mummy again endued with animation could not be so hideous as that wretch. I...
The Cult of Sentimentalism
“A sentimentalist is one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.” Oscar Wilde
Stuffed animals, flickering candles, cello-wrapped flowers, unfocussed...
Pirates of Penzance!
Come and see Seat of Wisdom's performance of Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan's 1880 rollicking musical operetta, filled with music, singing, dancing, harmonies galore,...
Divine Friendship
Our Gospel reading today is a continuation of last Sunday’s reading. You recall that in the beatitudes Our Lord invites us to tread the...
Forgive our Sins as We Forgive
I’ve been hearing confessions, now, for over fifty years, and I have noticed that there is one sin that comes up more than any...
Polycarp’s Late and Early Witness
Commemorating a simpler time in the nascent Church, today is the memorial of Saint Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, and a disciple of Saint John...
