How an Inglorious Revolution Poisoned the Anglosphere Down to Our Own Time At the moment, two very different events are taking place: one is the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution — seemingly ignored outside those areas of the country … Continue reading
A knight there was, and he a worthy man, Who, from the moment that he first began To ride about the world, loved chivalry, Truth, honour, freedom and all courtesy. Full worthy was he in his liege-lord’s war, And therein … Continue reading
The Resurrection Blessed Be God! Our Sweet Savior is risen from the dead! Happily, I believe this, St. Joseph. Theological Faith makes it possible for me to know all those truths which are beyond the capacity of my senses. I … Continue reading
The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story; The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, … Continue reading
The Agony in the Garden St. Joseph, as dear Jesus saw all the sins, hatred, betrayal, and selfishness of men in the Garden of Gethsemane, He did not see you. When His Sacred Heart was weighed down by the thought … Continue reading
Adapted from Sr. Marie Gabrielle’s talk, “A Thousand Times Happy” The desire to know God’s will — to know what our Heavenly Father and Mother want of us so that we may fulfill it, no matter what it is, no matter … Continue reading
Salvation to all that will is nigh; That All, which always is all everywhere, Which cannot sin, and yet all sins must bear, Which cannot die, yet cannot choose but die, Lo, faithful virgin, yields Himself to lie In prison, … Continue reading
The Annunciation When Mary was asked to be the Mother of God, she must have thought of you, dear St. Joseph. I think she probably admired God’s great providence in giving her such a husband — one in whom she … Continue reading
Quotes Worth Contemplating for the Feast of St. Benedict Most of us probably have some fuzzy notion that Saint Benedict and his medal are good for getting rid of demons in general. But how many of us associate the holy … Continue reading
This year of 2025, Mardi Gras arrives on March 4. While the season of Septuagesima, Shrovetide, Carneval — call it what you will — is ending, it is important to remember that keeping it is the hallmark of Catholic cultures. … Continue reading
Lament, lament, old Abbeys, The Fairies’ lost command! They did but change Priests’ babies, But some have changed your land. And all your children, sprung from thence, Are now grown Puritans, Who live as changelings ever since For love of … Continue reading
Adapted from Sr. Marie Gabrielle’s talk, “A Thousand Times Happy” St. Joan of Arc signed the paper. It is a scary thought. After bravely running away from home to follow God’s will, persuading the king by miraculous means to hand … Continue reading
Down with the rosemary, and so Down with the bays and misletoe; Down with the holly, ivy, all Wherewith ye dress’d the Christmas hall; That so the superstitious find No one least branch there left behind; For look, how many … Continue reading
Quotes Worth Contemplating for the Feast of St. John Bosco A Look at Saint John Bosco and the “Love Languages” “It is not enough to love the young,” St. John Bosco famously said; “they must know that they are loved.” … Continue reading
Adapted from Sr. Marie Gabrielle’s talk, “A Thousand Times Happy” Many people seem to think that the future itself is a monster worth fearing. I find this interesting because the future cannot hurt us, having no real existence outside our own … Continue reading
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