Good Friday and Suffering
Evil and pain is always a mystery, that whole mysterium iniquitatis, of which Saint Paul writes (2 Thess 2:7). In 1984, Pope Saint John Paul II penned an Apostolic... Read more.
A Minimal Friar and the Death of a Great Pope
This April the second- overshadowed by Holy Thursday this year – marks the memorial of Saint Francis of Paola (1417-1507), founder of the ‘Minim’... Read more.
Saint Hugh of Châteauneuf
Today’s Saint Hugh of Châteauneuf (1053 – 1152) is not to be confused with Saint Hugh of Lincoln (1140 – 1200), although their life spans overlapped... Read more.
Moon Shot?
I was just reminded that tomorrow, (or today), April 1st, NASA plans to send its first mission back to the Moon for nearly fifty years. Over a half century since... Read more.
Woven versus Seamless Garments
The reflection on the worthy project by Magie Dominic was intriguing, and I thought I would offer a brief follow-up commentary. The garment woven out of many pieces... Read more.
Gift or the Grift?
Service in politics used to be an actual thing. That is, those in ‘public office’ saw themselves truly as public servants, working diligently on behalf... Read more.
Slow Reading
It’s a common trope that reading has diminished of late, especially since the advent of ubiquitous screen technology, but the demise likely predated the i-pad... Read more.
The Population Dud
Paul Ehrlich died last March 13th, at the age of 93. He was the author of The Population Bomb, published in the fateful year of 1968, when the sexual revolution... Read more.
The Indefatigable Saint Turibius
Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo (+1606), a missionary bishop of Lima, Peru from 1579 until his death in 1606, who never seemed to stop, a heroic model for bishops for... Read more.
Two Lenten Saint Nicholases: Flüe and Owen
On March 21 and 22, we commemorate two saints by the name of Nicholas. The first is Nicholas of Flüe (1415 – 1487), patron saint of Switzerland. His life... Read more.