Remembering All the Children
There are different ways of being a hypocrite, some worse than others. There are some of us – let’s just say all of us – who say one thing and do another,... Read more.
Complicit Complaisance and Flying the Rainbow
To paraphrase a popular alliterative 1958 novelty song, we are becoming a nation of pathological people pleasers – and by ‘we’ I mean those on the side of... Read more.
What Happens If the Money Runs Out?
That, dear reader, is the wrong question to ask, for money is a symbol, with no intrinsic value; hence, there no limit to how much money might be printed, (or, now,... Read more.
Mary, Mother of the Church and Our Lady of Sheshan
The Monday following Pentecost is now the memorial of ‘The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church’, as decreed by the Holy Father, via Robert Cardinal... Read more.
Sonnets, Ellipses and Harmony
On this day in 1609, Shakespeare’s sonnets were first published, all 154 of them, by a certain Thomas Young, perhaps illegaly; but, they were more chill with... Read more.
Revitalizing Catechetics
On May 10th, the memorial of Saint John of Avila, priest and doctor of the Church, Pope Francis promulgated the Motu Proprio Antiquum Ministerium, instituting, or... Read more.
The Transcendent Meaning of the Ascension
A very blessed and joyous Solemnity of the Ascension to all our readers… At least in the Church universal, which follows the historical fact that the original... Read more.
Trudeua’s Odiferous, Ominous Omnibus Bill
A good choice was made with Saint Matthias, in accordance with God’s holy will, and we may rejoice accordingly on this feast of the Apostle. But Good goes... Read more.
The Dis-Proprotionate Burden of Lockdowns
Human life is much about prudence, the virtue that disposes practical reason to discern our true good in every circumstance, and to choose the right means of achieving... Read more.
To the Catacombs with the Virtual Mass?
I read recently a comparison between early Christians forced underground to Mass in the catacombs, and modern Catholics relegated to Mass on the Ethernet (Internet?). ... Read more.