J.S. Bach and Saint Michael
Michaelmas of 1724 - the 29th of September, now the feast of all the Archangels - saw the first performance of J.S. Bach's cantata,...
God: The Science, the Evidence – A Review
God: The Science, the Evidence, by Michel-Yves Bolloré and Olivier Bonnassies, is an intriguing book, not quite what I expected when asked to review...
From Benedict’s Peace to Francis’ War: A Review
The fight for Tradition in the Church, in particular her liturgy, is a long and arduous one that will not cease until the parousia,...
Captain Fantastic and Hollywood’s Anti-Catholicism
Viggo Mortensen, the same actor who played Strider/Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, seems to enjoy getting naked in his non-Tolkien films,...
Why Is This Night Different? – A Poem
The table set for everyday-
my father, leaning in;
two or three gathered.
His usual shyness at supper- the rub
of indignity against composure;
his cane, his chair.
His voice...
Eliot’s Ash Wednesday
T.S. Eliot published his poem Ash Wednesday in 1930, after he had composed during his conversion to Anglicanism (in 1927). The theme is, fittingly,...
Our Lady’s Psalter
Our Lady's Psalter: The Rosary of the Mystery of Christ
Translated by Fr. Marco Testa
ISBN 978-0-9880692-0-6
Cost: $10. Proceeds benefit the pro-life movement.
Father Marco Testa, a...
Not All Prophets Wear Tin Foil: A Critical Review of QAnon, Chaos, and the...
In an age of spiritual confusion, eroding trust, and institutional abdication, QAnon, Chaos, and the Cross, edited by Michael W. Austin and Gregory L....
A Review of Father Jonathan Robinson’s “The Mass and Modernity”
Jonathan Robinson, The Mass and Modernity: Walking to Heaven Backwards. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005. (First published in the Chesterton Review)
When I mentioned Father...
Handel’s Miraculous Messiah
Handel's Messiah, first performed on April 13th, 1742 (in Dublin of all places) was Composed by a German, who had become a naturalised Brit,...
