Saints Ita and Maurus
Saint Ita was an early Irish nun, Íte ingen Chinn Fhalad in Gaelic (+ ca. 480 – 577). Descended from royalty (the King of Fara was an ancestor), she was baptized... Read more.
Listening in the Silence – A Meditative and Musical Offering
Today’s reading from Samuel, telling the origin story of our biblical hero, ends with the words of the prophet, ‘speak, Lord, for thy servant is listening‘.... Read more.
Excess Deaths Across the Globe
Excess deaths continue across the world and the media and the medical establishment are mute – or is that muzzled? We were previously told that ‘one... Read more.
Pope Saint Hyginus
Pope Hyginus, whose feast is today, January 11th, reigned from 138 to his death in 142 – the ninth to hold the papal throne. Like most of the early Pontiffs,... Read more.
Jackson and Zero Debt
On this day in 1835, President Andrew Jackson proudly announced that, with his austere economic policies, the debt of the United States had been reduced –... Read more.
Excess Deaths Continue to Climb…and Climb
What, pray tell, is going on? And why is no one reporting on it? The young and middle-aged are dying at increasing rates – excess deaths up to 30% –... Read more.
Keeping the Christmas Caroling: In Dulce Iubilo, the Wexford, and A Rose in Winter.
With the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God today – or, in the usus antiquior, the Circumcision of Our Lord – the Octave of Christmas comes to a close,... Read more.
Mother of God, New Year’s Eve, the Te Deum and Auld Lang Syne
A very blessed Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God – of which more, anon – as well as New Year’s Eve, the latter much more celebrated in our culture... Read more.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him... Read more.
Our Lady in Christmas Carols
An intriguing look at the place of the Virgin Mary in Christmas carols, which, somewhat to my surprise, she is largely absent, being mentioned, even obliquely, in... Read more.