Excerpted from Sr. Marie Gabrielle’s talk, “A Thousand Times Happy” The expression “a thousand times happy” might not be immediately familiar to you out of context, so allow me to put it in context: “Happy, a thousand times happy, is … Continue reading
Halloween’s Jack O’Lanterns may be gone, and the last Trick-or-Treater long since consumed his last bit of candy. But the “thinness of the veil between the worlds” of which innumerable writers speak at this time of year — and with … Continue reading
Some How-To Tips for Would-Be Spiritual Pyromaniacs There are many analogies that can be used to describe an apostle. An apostle can be likened to a farmer who sows the seeds of the Faith. Or a fisherman. A hunter. A … Continue reading
… that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and mid-nights stay. That country composed in the … Continue reading
“What is the point of working on a jigsaw puzzle? It gets taken apart as soon as it’s finished. Not only is nothing accomplished, but many hours are spent in accomplishing this nothing!” As incontestable as such logic would seem … Continue reading
It is on my mind, dear Skirt, to express to you my gratitude and appreciation. You do your work of clothing Body so well — always smoothing over any little awkwardness so tactfully. Perhaps it is by deflecting attention from … Continue reading
I like the hunting of the hare; It brings me, day to day, The memory of old days as fair, With dead men past away. To these, as homeward still I ply And pass the churchyard gate Where all are … Continue reading
Embedded below is a video by the Catholic Land Movement, a brief but artful look back at their 2024 summer conference in Auriesville, New York. For the third year now, our Sisters were participants and presenters at the event. They, … Continue reading
After working in a classroom for over twenty years, I think I’m finally getting the hang of a few things. One issue that used to come up frequently and which was very difficult for me to deal with was lying … Continue reading
Spanish pilgrims from a group that has celebrated the Traditional Latin Mass at the Shrine of Covadonga for the last three years have been denied that right this year. Reported at Rorate five days ago, this is not new news, … Continue reading
Thanks to the amazing generosity of one of our benefactors, I recently went on an intense, two-week pilgrimage to Spain, lasting from June 17 to 29. Flying into and out of Madrid, our little band of twenty-two pilgrims went to … Continue reading
The Federalist has a good piece on some Catholic social action undertaken by our friends at The New Vendée in Louisiana: The small Catholic city of Mandeville, Louisiana, will be hosting its first-ever “pride” parade on June 1, and a group of … Continue reading
Far above the Ephel Dúath in the West the night sky was still dim and pale. There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a bright star twinkle for a while. The … Continue reading
Beginning on Monday, I will be on a pilgrimage to Spain that will cover 1200 miles: from Madrid to Zaragoza, Agreda, Burgos, Covadonga, Oviedo, Santiago de Compostela, and Avila, visiting shrines of Mary, mystics and saints, and tombs of heroes … Continue reading
No more shall the war cry sever, Or the winding rivers be red. They banish our anger forever When they laurel the graves of our dead! Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment-day; Love and tears for the … Continue reading
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