Our Lady’s Triumph
All fair art thou, O Mary: nor is original sin found in thee (Alleluia Verse).
Today’s glorious Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed...
The Virgin Mary versus the Gorgon Medusa
Almost exactly two years ago, right in the heart of Manhattan, Luciano Garbati’s sculpture Medusa With the Head of Perseus was unveiled. The statue depicts exactly...
Joseph the Image of God the Father and Patris Corde
On this second anniversary of the publication of Patris Corde, one year after the conclusion of the Year of Saint Joseph and on the...
The Eternal Flame: A Poem
Persona Christi, in his threefold office,
Faces the House where the Pillar of Smoke
Made camp, his head by the nails in His feet,
His breath, pulled...
Protecting Life Boldly in Malta
Presently the Maltese parliament is discussing an amendment which, if approved, will introduce abortion to Malta. As we know Malta, together with Andorra in...
Edmund, Byrd and Ave Verum
Edmund Campion was hung, drawn and quartered on this cold December day in 1581, dying for the Faith to which he had been converted,...
Trudeau’s MAiD Service: A Euthanasia Program for Canada
The development of the laws that legalized and continue to expand assisted suicide and euthanasia in Canada reflect the speed at which society increasingly...
Misreading Eden
Woodstock by Joni Mitchell
Well, I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, "Tell me, where are you...
Wherefore, Brazil?
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual...
Pope Benedict and Gertrude the Great
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Saint Gertrude the Great
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
St Gertrude the Great, of whom I would like...