Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven. (Acts 1:11)
Month: June 2025
Apologetics 101, Question 2: The Scandal of Evil
Recently, Catholic Insight posted a thoughtful note from Carl Sundell on the essential questions we should be prepared to answer about our faith. This list of questions was likely meant to inspire readers to find and research their own answers to these questions. There are over 2,000 years of resources one could sift through in[…]
Novena to the Holy Ghost, Fifth Day – The Gift of Knowledge
Fifth Day Light immortal! Light Divine! Visit Thou these hearts of Thine, And our inmost being fill!. The Gift of Knowledge The gift of Knowledge enables the soul to evaluate created things at their true worth – in their relation to God. Knowledge unmasks the pretense of creatures, reveals their emptiness, and points out their[…]
Peter and Marcellinus, Hidden Yet Their Voice Goes Out Through All the Earth
Like many of the early martyrs, not much is known of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, except that they died for the Faith during the persecution of Diocletian in 304, put to death by beheading at the 12th milestone on the Via Aurelia outside of Rome. Their executioner, Dorotheus went on to convert to Christianity, according[…]
Whiskey in the Ruins
This first day of June, is apparently is the anniversary of the invention of Scotch whiskey – Gaelic for aqua vitae – the water of life – which is what the Tironesian monk John Cor at Lindores Abbey outside of Fife first called the distilled malt liquor he had concocted in 1495. As the Latin[…]
Novena to the Holy Ghost, Second Day – The Gift of Fear
Second Day (for the First Day, please see here) Come, Father of the Poor! Come, treasures that endure! Come, Light of all that live! The Gift of Fear The gift of Fear fills us with a sovereign respect for God, and makes us dread nothing so much as to offend Him by sin. It is a[…]
Novena to the Holy Ghost, Third Day – The Gift of Piety
Third Day (for the First Day, please see here) Thou, of all consolers best, Visiting the troubled breast, Dost refreshing peace bestow The Gift of Piety The gift of Piety begets in our hearts a filial affection for God as our most loving Father. It inspires us to love and respect for His sake persons[…]
Justin, the Philosophical Martyr
Saint Justin (+165) who is called the ‘Martyr’, was born around the time the last Apostle, John, departed this life for heaven. Justin was not raised in the Catholic faith – few were in those incipient days of the Church – but was rather a pagan convert to Christianity. He first investigated the various philosophies[…]
Ascending to the Father
A blessed feast of the Ascension to all our readers who live where it’s transferred to the Sunday, when Christ ascended body and soul back to the Father, whence He was sent, to that Trinitarian life that is His by nature. The Ascension is celebrated on Thursday of the sixth week of Easter, the fortieth[…]
Novena to the Holy Ghost, Fourth Day – The Gift of Fortitude
Fourth Day Thou, in toil are comfort sweet, Pleasant coolness in the heat, Solace in the midst of woe. The Gift of Fortitude By the gift of Fortitude the soul is strengthened against natural fear, and supported to the end in the performance of duty. Fortitude imparts to the will an impulse and energy which[…]