C.S. Lewis’ ‘Mere Christianity’ as ‘Mere Puritanism’
In a letter of 11 December 1944 C. S. Lewis mentions five “shining examples of human holiness”. Along with Saint Francis, George Herbert, George...
Fifth Sunday of Easter and Union With the Eucharist
Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither...
Saint Joseph, the Model for Every Worker
On this Saturday, the First of May 2021, we celebrate the feast of St Joseph the Worker. This feast has a recent history.
In fact,...
Waking up to Wokeness
Wokeism Meme:
Compared to Me, You’re a Moral Failure:
If You Disagree, You’re Part of the Problem
Did you know that Michel Foucault, the French...
Victoria’s Regina Coeli
A truly sublime rendition of the Regina Caeli Laetare a 8, by Tomas Luis De Victoria (1548-1611), as sung by the ensemble Voces8, mentioned...
Humility Breaks the Pride of The Demon
“Those forty days, then, and forty nights, I lay prostrate before the LORD, because he had threatened to destroy you.” (Deuteronomy 9:25)
Fr. Dominik Chmielewski...
St George, Faithful Servant of God and Invincible Martyr
On April 23rd, the universal Church celebrates with great joy the feast of St George. Besides being a saint of the early times of...
Spaséñiye, sodélal (Salvation is created) – Pavel Tschesnokoff
Pavel Tschesnokoff - or Chesnekov - died of a heart attack, brought on by malnutrition, while standing in a Moscow bread line in Soviet...
Civilisation – By the Skin of Our Teeth
I came across this truly wonder-ful 13-part series, Civilisation, first filmed in 1969, with Kenneth Clark, one of the world's foremost art historians of...
Saint Anselm’s Idea of God
“ontology” defined ~ the science of being
Some students are fortunate enough to have had a teacher who made all the difference in life. I...