Cæli enarrant: Thorns, Cross, Crucifixion
Until our own end, Christ’s Passion remains the singular source of salvation and holiness — in the sacraments, and in our love of him by acts of penance, reparation, and solidarity.
On the precipice of Holy Week
Palm Sunday is to me the most disorienting liturgy of the year.
Ash Wednesday: Confronting sin and mortality
Ash Wednesday confronts us with two truths we probably don’t like to dwell on, truths our culture encourages us to minimize, deny, or simply ignore.
Evangelical Catholicism: The ecclesiological vision of Archbishop Michael Ramsey (1)
The death of Christ at once shows the essential unity of the Father and the Son, and consummates the mutual society of God and man. The self-giving of God manifests itself in history, within the context of fallen creation, as the humiliation of the Son.
World without end: Transhumanism and the eternal
The world wants a different kind of “world without end” than what the Church proclaims.
Christophobia: Holy Innocents, past and present
The Herodian thirst for power led to countless children being baptized by blood, a baptism our Lord himself would escape only for a season (it was necessary first for him to be baptized in water to fulfill all righteousness).
We seem to ‘Want It Darker’
In rock music, especially in the performance arena, there is no room for prayer, but I think that so many of the songs people write are prayers. A lot of my songs seem to be prayers for unity within myself. … L... Read More...
St. Augustine on ‘Caring for the dead’
St. Augustine commends prayer for all the dead, as well as burial in holy places, with monuments.