True Love and Willing the Good: Is Love Kind and Patient?
An examination of the synonyms of love found in Roget’s Thesaurus provide an entry into today’s second reading, Saint Paul’s mini-treatise on love;
appetite, favour,...
Fourth Sunday: Witnessing to the Truth
But Jesus passed through the midst of them and went on His way (Lk. 4:30). ⧾
Our Gospel reading today is a continuation of last...
Pope Benedict and Saint Thomas
Pope Benedict XVI, in his series on great figures in the Church's history, dedicated no less than three addresses to the life and thought...
Revolution and Renewal in England: Glimpses into the History of Catholicism in ‘Mary’s...
(On this day, January 25th, in 1533, Henry VIII secretly married his paramour Anne Boleyn, for whom he had thrown off not only his...
Bach’s Incomparable Chaconne
The final, fourth movement of Bach's partita for violin in D minor, composed between 1717 and 1720, is often called 'the chaconne', even if...
Moving Through the Readings and Finding One’s Path
It must be admitted that sermons can be awfully boring. I know that my heart sinks when I hear a priest begin, “In the...
Third Sunday: Nehemiah, Ezra and Restoring All Things
‘This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.’ For all the people wept when they heard the words...
Will The Real Anthony Fauci Please Stand Up?
The power of government rests on ignorance of the people, and it knows this, and therefore will always resist enlightenment. Leo Tolstoy
Earlier this month,...
America’s Perfect Storm
When the Constitutional Convention concluded, Benjamin Franklin upon his exit from the event was accosted by a woman who asked him what kind of...
Christ, Both New and Old
Today’s Gospel reminds us vividly that the teaching of Jesus was new, as fresh as new wine. One must wonder, however, precisely in what...