Having just read on Zenit News website about the vocation surge in Ukraine — which, unfortunately, for half of those aspiring to the priesthood, is more than the seminaries can handle — I don’t know whether to weep or rejoice. … Continue reading
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Noël
(a Christmas card by a British playwright) A stupid horse and cow, they say, Called for convenience, ox and ass, Stood in a stable munching hay: A rather stupid sort of grass.
Warrior, Patriot, Gentleman, and Catholic, Colonel John Ripley USMC
[Review of An American Knight by Norman J. Fulkerson] Every war has its share of heroes. Vietnam was no different. One of the greatest and most decorated officers of that bloody conflict was John Ripley, USMC. Born in 1939, Ripley was … Continue reading
Cinema Anathema
I cannot go it — go it you who can: The celluloid survival of a man; The play that is acted
The Lily
While candles on the altar-shelf Between the ferns and flowers Were burning, and the Carmelites Chanted the Little Hours: —
In the Beginning
In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood By Walt Brown, Ph.D. Center for Scientific Creation This is a book written by a scientist about science. The scientist is also a Christian, and the motivation for his book … Continue reading
Gun Rights in the ‘Live Free or Die’ State
This is something of a local news story, ironically reported by Russia Today: Varrin Swearingen, the president and spokesperson for the Free State Project, being interviewed by RT. Keene, where Mr. Swearingen gave the interview, is about 1/2 hour from … Continue reading
In The Antique Shop
There was a lady made of gold, And at an auction she was sold. She was a little lady wrought In metal molded by a thought,
Howie Carr Withdraws from Pro-Life Event, Following CALM Campaign
Less than three weeks after the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts began a campaign to disinvite him, WRKO talk show host Howie Carr has withdrawn as the keynote speaker at the Annual Assembly for Life. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, which … Continue reading
The Priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church
The Bible teaches that Christ had ambassadors or agents (His bishops and priests) who represent Him in this world. 2 Cor. 5:20: For Christ therefore we are ambassadors, God as it were exhorting you, be reconciled to God. 1 Cor. … Continue reading
Melody In A Meat Market
When Billy, the butcher-boy’s meat-chopping instrument Chipped off the tip of his thumb, At that very moment did Lily, the pantry-maid, In for a cutlet come;
Raymond Cardinal Burke on Abortion, Extraordinary Form, Communion in the Hand, Pro Multis
Gloria TV presents this brief but wide-ranging interview on moral and liturgical issues with Raymond Cardinal Burke. The interview was conducted in the office of the Supreme Apostolic Signatura, of which Cardinal Burke is the Prefect.
Promenade
It is not wise to dally with despair. It should be promptly taken out to air — Follow the route from here to Railroad Square.
Blessing of the Home on the Feast of the Epiphany
Priest: Peace be to this house. All: And to all who dwell herein Priest: From the east came the Magi to Bethlehem to adore the Lord; and opening their treasures they offered precious gifts: gold for the great King, incense … Continue reading
First Approved Marian Apparition in the US, Champion, Wisconsin
“I am the Queen of Heaven who prays for the conversion of sinners.” Such is the way the Mother of God introduced herself to a twenty-eight-year-old Belgian immigrant, Adele Brise, on October 9, 1859. The pious young woman was on … Continue reading
