The Litany of the Sacred Heart
The Litany of the Sacred Heart, as chanted in Latin: The English may be found here.... Read more.
Our thoughts ought by instinct to fly upwards from animals, men and natural objects to their creator. If created things are so utterly lovely, how gloriously beautiful... Read more.
There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us. (Saint John Vianney)... Read more.
Saint Robert of Newminster
There is only one saint in the calendar today, Saint Robert of Newminster, a twelfth century monk and abbot who died on this day in 1159.... Read more.
The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course. (Saint... Read more.
These African martyrs herald the dawn of a new age. If only the mind of man might be directed not towards persecutions and religious conflicts but towards a rebirth... Read more.
An (Open) Letter to My Township
(Here, should it prove in any way useful, is a letter I wrote to my own local township on their decision to exhibit the ‘pride’ flag. Oddly, the motion... Read more.
No one who is rightly minded turns from true belief to false. (Saint Justin, Martyr, +165)... Read more.
Two Magnificats for Mary
On this feast of the Visitation, the last day of May, here are two musical renditions of the Magnificat, which Mary says – sings? – in today’s... Read more.
Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing, nevertheless they... Read more.