If you truly want to help the soul of your neighbor, you should approach God first with all your heart. Ask him simply to fill you with charity, the greatest of... Read more.
Lassus’ Psalmi Poenitentialis
Orlando de Lassus (ca. 1532 – 1594), a Dutch composer of the late Renaissance, was also one of the most prolific and influential, up there with Palestrina... Read more.
Suffer the Little Children
Francesco Marto died on this day, April 4th, in 1919, a year before his sister and fellow visionary, Jacinta, followed him the following February, 1920, both succumbing... Read more.
If a man wants to be always in God’s company, he must pray regularly and read regularly. When we pray, we talk to God; when we read, God talks to us. (Saint... Read more.
Remembering grievances works great damage. It is accompanied by anger, fosters sin, and brings a hatred for justice. It is a rusty arrow spreading poison in the... Read more.
The Consecration and First Saturdays
A priest friend placed the following notice in his recent bulletin on the First Saturday Devotion called for by Our Lady at Fatima, and, since I thought it would... Read more.
The Tragic Tale of John Money and David Reimer
Last year, Mark Steyn hosted Tal Bachman, who wrote a series of articles on culture, the final eleven of which were on the sordid origins of gender reassignment... Read more.
No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ. His prayer brought benefit to the multitude... Read more.
Biebl’s Ave Maria
Franz Biebl (1906 – 2001) was a contemporary German composer, known for his choral ensemble works, the best known of which is his Ave Maria (Angelus Domini),... Read more.
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
(Here is the text of the Act of Consecration which Pope Francis will pray today, in union with all the bishops of the world. The Holy Father will recite the prayer... Read more.