Many, perhaps most, of the discoveries made by the human race have taken place when we have been busy about doing other things. From the possible beginnings of cooking, to the invention of antibiotics, we always seem to find our…
On the Hype Train Back in 2013 or so, I had lunch with some of my relatives, and I heard from my Great Aunt, of all people, about this new show on HBO called Game of Thrones. Quite honestly, a…
Much has been said in the past three years about the anti-establishment political wave sweeping the Western World. Many people usually ascribe this phenomenon to the yawning gulf between political elites and their interests, and that of the ‘average’ person.…
After Our Lord’s entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, we are told that the first place he went was to the Temple, where he prophesied, “There will not be one stone upon another that will not be torn down.” (Matthew…
The following talk was given in response to an invitation to give a Lenten Talk on Prayer to a chapter of ‘The King’s Men’, a Catholic men’s group, on 9 April 2019. Allow me to begin this talk by expressing…
This week, among my readings I was greatly edified by an offering from Father Gordon Macrae in his blog These Stone Walls, with his April 3 2019 piece A Little Perspective before Stoning Your Priest. He touched on some subjects…
In the beginning of this month, the New York Times published the OpEd of Arthur C. Brooks, Our Culture of Contempt, which highlighted an insightful phenomenon that is very lively in the world today. We do indeed live in a…
Lent is a time of year which, for most practicing Christians, is earnestly expected and beloved, in spite of, or perhaps because of, its usual austerity. As Christianity largely developed in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, the experience of most Christians…
Allegory of Faith, Johannes Vermeer, 1670-72 EDITORS NOTE: To date, the published interview of January 7, 2019, titled Living Chastity amid Uncharity: An Interview with a Priest with SSA, has garnered a great deal of attention by readership. Due to…
Tolerance at its best and worst A friend tells a funny anecdote about a Permanent Deacon who used to give very popular marriage prep classes. He sat down specifically with the Grooms, to whom he directed the question: “Guys, do…