Wisdom, Adonai, Root of Jesse, Key of David, and all the Old Testament titles of Our Lord are those which even now we use to beg him for the realization of what the Lord God promised long ago “at sundry…
On December 13, 2019, Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, announced that he was taking a medical leave of absence due to ongoing problems with anxiety and depression. It seems that most have received the news with compassion, understanding and…
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Witness to Sorrows It was a hot but sunny late summer day when I met Father Anthony*, a Priest who was just a few years shy of his fiftieth anniversary as a Priest. We sat down in the cozy foyer…
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…
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…
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…
Archbishop McCarrick, as expected, has been laicized. Unfortunately, most reporters have adopted the infelicitous and somewhat inaccurate verb “to defrock” to describe what happens when the Church, as a penalty, reduces a cleric to the lay state juridically. We may…
A society that denies the reality of sin will inevitably deny the reality (and necessity) of repentance. A society that denies the reality of repentance will have no room for redemption. This week’s alignment of issues provides a rare confluence…