The Queen of the Americas, the Protector of Life
Today is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the pregnant Madonna of the Americas. She appeared 478 years ago to Juan Diego, a poor Aztec Indian on Tepeyac hill in Mexico. She told him that she was the...
View ArticleThis is Close to Sacrilege
This woman is unbelievable. For starters she has her feast-days wrong. Today is not the feast of St. Joseph the Worker (that’s on May 1), but the feast of St. Joseph the Husband of Mary, not to mention...
View ArticleEt Verbum Caro Factum Est . . .
. . . ex Virgine Maria. No, it’s not Advent yet, but this ad is too good to wait for. It comes from a British group called ChurchAds.net. It already has some “pro-choicers” howling. But apart from...
View ArticleThe Antechamber of the Gospels
Since Advent has just started, and I have my (Kindle) copy of Part III of Jesus of Nazareth, I thought it would be a good idea to blog a little about the book throughout this season of preparation for...
View ArticleThe First Christmas Liturgy
Well, here I am again, and the Christmas season is all but gone. It comes to a close today with Epiphany. As I mentioned in my last post, I spent almost the whole of my Christmas vacation sick in bed,...
View ArticleRoe v. Wade 1973-2013
Forty years ago today, on January 22, 1973, when I was just sixteen, I learned that the Supreme Court had made abortion legal throughout the United States. I’ll never forget my feeling of horror at...
View Article“You Will Not Let Your Holy One Know Decay”
Today is the Feast of the Assumption, the biggest — and oldest — feast day of Mary, and the most contested.We know of the existence of the feast and the accompanying legends from the fourth century...
View ArticleOur Lady of Fatima and the Muslims
Here is something else courtesy of the often prophetic Venerable Archbishop Sheen. It comes from his book The World’s First Love. In a chapter titled “Mary and the Moslems,” he points out the...
View ArticleThis is Close to Sacrilege
This woman is unbelievable. For starters she has her feast-days wrong. Today is not the feast of St. Joseph the Worker (that’s on May 1), but the feast of St. Joseph the Husband of Mary, not to mention...
View ArticleEt Verbum Caro Factum Est . . .
. . . ex Virgine Maria. No, it’s not Advent yet, but this ad is too good to wait for. It comes from a British group called ChurchAds.net. It already has some “pro-choicers” howling. But apart from...
View ArticleThe Antechamber of the Gospels
Since Advent has just started, and I have my (Kindle) copy of Part III of Jesus of Nazareth, I thought it would be a good idea to blog a little about the book throughout this season of preparation for...
View ArticleThe First Christmas Liturgy
Well, here I am again, and the Christmas season is all but gone. It comes to a close today with Epiphany. As I mentioned in my last post, I spent almost the whole of my Christmas vacation sick in bed,...
View ArticleRoe v. Wade 1973-2013
Forty years ago today, on January 22, 1973, when I was just sixteen, I learned that the Supreme Court had made abortion legal throughout the United States. I’ll never forget my feeling of horror at...
View ArticleHas the House of the Holy Family in Nazareth been Found?
Today (March 25), the feast of the Annunciation, is the day the Church celebrates the moment when the Word was made flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary. Today the hearts and minds of Christians all...
View ArticleThe Queen of the Americas, the Protector of Life
Today is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the pregnant Madonna of the Americas. She appeared 478 years ago to Juan Diego, a poor Aztec Indian on Tepeyac hill in Mexico. She told him that she was the...
View ArticleThis is Close to Sacrilege
This woman is unbelievable. For starters she has her feast-days wrong. Today is not the feast of St. Joseph the Worker (that’s on May 1), but the feast of St. Joseph the Husband of Mary, not to mention...
View ArticleEt Verbum Caro Factum Est . . .
. . . ex Virgine Maria. No, it’s not Advent yet, but this ad is too good to wait for. It comes from a British group called ChurchAds.net. It already has some “pro-choicers” howling. But apart from...
View ArticleThe Antechamber of the Gospels
Since Advent has just started, and I have my (Kindle) copy of Part III of Jesus of Nazareth, I thought it would be a good idea to blog a little about the book throughout this season of preparation for...
View ArticleThe First Christmas Liturgy
Well, here I am again, and the Christmas season is all but gone. It comes to a close today with Epiphany. As I mentioned in my last post, I spent almost the whole of my Christmas vacation sick in bed,...
View ArticleRoe v. Wade 1973-2013
Forty years ago today, on January 22, 1973, when I was just sixteen, I learned that the Supreme Court had made abortion legal throughout the United States. I’ll never forget my feeling of horror at...
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