Once upon a time the terms Western civilization and Christian civilization were interchangeable. Very often they were abbreviated. That is, men simply said “the West” and everybody knew what was meant: lands and peoples whose laws as well as customs … Continue reading
Since it was in France, “the Oldest Daughter of the Church,” that the Revolution began in 1789, it should be no surprise that it was in France that the Counter-Revolution began. In the Vendee, Brittany, Normandy, Auvergne, and throughout the … Continue reading
For the month of July, my wife and I are reading Father Faber’s book on the mystery of the Precious Blood. In it, Father Faber writes the following about the salvation made possible by this mystery, “The least accidental joy … Continue reading
The following is the speech I gave at IHM School’s graduation yesterday. Readers should know that our school in rural southern New Hampshire is very small. We had three graduates this year. My effort was to be lighthearted as well as informative and … Continue reading
Eucharistia means good favor or good grace or good thanks. The mystery of the Holy Eucharist is that by which the God whose delight is to be with the children of men has contrived to remain always with us in … Continue reading
Mindful of the high degree of sensitivity attached to the issues being discussed here, and that both of them are the kinds of powder kegs that cause strife, I have opted to do something I very infrequently do and append … Continue reading
No longer able to keep Americans terrified with the threat of covid, media and the deep state have reverted to their pre-pandemic alarmist cry: “The Russians are coming!” Hating Vladimir Putin is now as obligatory to being a good American … Continue reading
In 1932, at his inauguration for his first term in office, an ebullient Franklin Roosevelt famously declared, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” In his manner as well as with his words, his aim was to rally a … Continue reading
This article is about a Boston journalist who died on December 30 of 2021. Our purpose in publishing it is not to speak gratuitously ill of the dead (we hope she rests in peace), but to take the occasion of … Continue reading
Most regular visitors to the SBC website, and very many other Americans, see that the nation is in a sorry state. The increasing and worrying rate of inflation; the hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens flooding the country every month … Continue reading
When the French Revolution broke out, the Italian Peninsula was divided among several rulers. Piedmont and Sardinia were the domain of the ancient House of Savoy, as a Kingdom named after the large island. But Sardinia was not the Savoys’ … Continue reading
A Catholic who adheres to the Faith as it was held doctrinally and practiced liturgically before post-Vatican II “reforms” can only dream of what the world might be like today, even with a Modernist pope in Rome, had the West … Continue reading
I. Disturbing Numbers — A religious and cultural revolution has been underway, for a half century now, in the central and southern parts of the Western Hemisphere. That revolution has just marked a major milestone. Latin America is a region … Continue reading
Together with Austria, Slovenia, and Czechia, what is now Germany made up the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire, which — as we have seen — was for a long time ruled by the Habsburgs. Unlike their hereditary domains, most … Continue reading
The Gospel for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost — this week’s Gospel — is chock-full of dogmatic and mystical theology. It is amazing that some very deep lessons come out of what is essentially a hostile encounter between Our Lord … Continue reading
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