The experience is probably a common one. You find yourself out in public and see a person from the back or side and say to yourself, “Hey, that’s Mike! (or Sarah, Ted, Mary, etc.),” only to discover when the person … Continue reading
The English Hymn variously called, “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded,” and “O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded,” goes back to a German Hymn, O Haupt, voll Blut und Wunden, which, in turn, goes back to a section of a much longer … Continue reading
My next Reconquest will be an interview with Charles Coulombe on the subject, “The Canonization of Billy Graham.” But I would also like to write some things about the vast outpouring of Catholic eulogies for the popular preacher, which phenomenon … Continue reading
The embedded YouTube video below is part two of a two-part conference by our own Sister Marie Gabrielle, M.I.C.M. (Part one is here.) Sister called her conference, “What Mary Wants from You.” It grew out of talks she prepared for … Continue reading
The embedded YouTube video below is part one of a two-part conference by our own Sister Marie Gabrielle, M.I.C.M. Sister called her conference, “What Mary Wants from You.” It grew out of talks she prepared for the girls in her … Continue reading
The erudite Mr. Ryan Grant, Latinist and scholar of the works of Saint Robert Bellarmine, was my guest for this Reconquest, which Mr. Steve Cunningham of the Sensus Fidelium YouTube channel has graciously dressed up with graphics and posted online. … Continue reading
When we Catholics speak of the different options that are open before us in how to live our lives — priesthood, religious life, married life, single in the world — we commonly, at least nowadays, speak of these as “vocations.” … Continue reading
My interview with Mr. Jonathan Arrington was recorded for Reconquest Episode 108: Is ‘Lead Us Not into Temptation’ a Bad Translation? To learn more about the Veritas Radio Network and the special offer good from now till the Feast of the … Continue reading
Recent postings on social media have made me ponder the subject of hateful overreaction. I speak specifically about the racism that exists in certain narrow “conservative” circles. (I put the word in quotes because I find that many who call … Continue reading
Thank you to all our benefactors for getting Saint Benedict Center through another year! Your kindness and generosity is, as always, very much appreciated. Below Duccio di Buoninsegna’s lovely Nativity painting is my annual Christmas letter, already sent to our … Continue reading
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