So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere,... Read more.
It is because of faith that we exchange the present for the future (Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, +1622)... Read more.
God shall be my hope, my stay, my guide and lantern to my feet (Shakespeare, Henry V)... Read more.
If I were reincarnated I would wish to be returned to earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels. (Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) Be fruitful and... Read more.
Chlorine and Conscience
In an ironic twist on this ‘Earth Day’, this also marks the 105th anniversary of the first use of chemical weapons in warfare – as the Germans unleashed tons... Read more.
O supreme and inaccessible light, O complete and blessed truth, how far you are from me, even though I am so near to you!…O God, let me know you and love you... Read more.
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die (G.K. Chesterton)... Read more.
Wuhan and Worthwhile Martyrs
If you’d like to pray to two patron saints, interceding for mitigation of this pandemic and, more to the point, its deleterious effects, you might try Saint... Read more.
Merciful Music
On this Divine Mercy Sunday, music to lift the soul would be three of Bach’s Easter cantatas, composed during his time at Leipzig in the early 1700’s,... Read more.
Those who sincerely say ‘Jesus, I trust in You’ will find comfort in all their anxieties and fears. There is nothing more man needs than Divine Mercy – that... Read more.