I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder (G.K. Chesterton, +1936)
Day: October 13, 2025
Thanksgiving Day
A blessed and joyful Thanksgiving to all of our readers! Even our American ones who, of course, hold their own day of thanks later in November, but who do honour Christopher Columbus on this day; or they used to, for that, like so much else, is now resonant with its own controversial cultural overtones. We[…]
Fatima’s Miracle of the Sun
This 13th day of October marks the anniversary final apparition of Our Lady at Fatima in the fateful year of 1917, to the three seers Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia. The Virgin appeared as the Sorrowful Mother and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, along with Saint Joseph and the Christ child, Who blessed the earth. Fatima[…]