John Paul II and Passion Sunday
"Christ became obedient for us even to death, death on the Cross. Therefore God raised him on high and gave him a name above...
Post Epiphany
The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord marks the end of the Christmas Season and the beginning of Ordinary Time. It is a...
What of Married Saints?
Glance at any catalogue of saints and you will be struck, as I was, at how few of them were married. There are Mary...
The March for Life and the Contemplative Life
The annual March for Life is coming up in two days, this Thursday, May 10th, with Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral at 10:00 a.m.,...
Confronting Misconceptions: A Critical Response to the Wayward Christology of Fr. Richard Rohr
Fr. Richard Rohr’s The Universal Christ is a popular spiritual book today. This New York Times Bestseller is rated highly in Amazon’s Religious Ethics...
The Holy Mass Part IV: Signifying Christ’s Eternal Sacrifice
This Sunday’s reflection is the fourth in a series of meditations on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with specific references to the Ancient...
Saint Teresa’s Dark Night
September 5th is the feast of St Teresa of Calcutta, this year on a Sunday, but a few words may be in order, as...
The State as Corrupting
“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.” ― Leo Tolstoy
If you peruse the Showbiz section of any...
Apostasy in Shusaku Endo’s Silence
A recent article in First Things by J.D. Flynn reflects upon Shusaku Endo’s 1966 Japanese novel Silence, now being released as a film directed by Martin Scorcese (which...
Saint Joseph: Foster Father, Virginal Father, Real Father?
As I do more reading into what various theologians and josephologists have written about the fatherhood of Saint Joseph, I notice that there is...
