The Assumption Releases Us from Worldliness
The Mother of Jesus, after assisting the Apostles at the birth of the Church, was released from her mortal life […]
Sainte Anne and « The Newborn Child » by Georges de La Tour
For the feast-day of St. Anne, the blessed Virgin’s mother, we will be looking at the painting “The Newborn Child” […]
Undoing the knot of Clerical scandals
The Catholic priesthood is undoubtedly experiencing a profound crisis at this moment. The vast majority of good priests are tainted […]
Untying the Knots of Sin in Prison
Often, we desperately try to untie the knots in our lives that cause such suffering. Yet these knots, when lovingly […]
The whole truth
The truth – for many that seems an abstract concept. But then, what to make of “the whole truth”? Yet […]
Visitation: when times becomes eternity
Sometimes time stands still. The present becomes so saturated with meaning, so pregnant with love that time no longer seems […]
The church’s first Novena
Ascension Thursday begins what we may call the Church’s first novena. It is the nine-day period between Ascension Thursday and […]
The Culture of Death Will Be Undone
People often wonder what they can do to counter the negative effects of a post-Christian society in decline, a society […]
The Great Undoing
On Good Friday we walk with Christ on His sorrowful way to Calvary, where our redemption was bought at the […]
Virgin Mary, the “Enclosed Garden” in Fra Angelico’s Annunciation
Artistic representations of the Virgin Mary are innumerable. Today’s art enthusiast will not be easily impressed lest a representation is […]