Lacrimosa – Day of Tears July 11, 2010

From Zbigniew Preisner’s Requiem for my friend Lacrimosa die illa Qua resurget ex favilla Judicandus homo reus Huic ergo parce, Deus Pie Jesu Domine Dona eis requiem. Translation: Ah! That day of tears and mourning! From the dust of earth returning Man for judgment must prepare him Spare, oh God, in mercy spare him! Lord, [...]

Help Haitian Earthquake Victims January 13, 2010

  Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours Patronne de Haïti Priez pour vos enfants Hatian. Please donate to Catholic Relief Services here.

A Holocaust Survivor Learns to Forgive January 4, 2010

No, not that Holocaust; rather, the one that occurred in Rwanda in 1994. The Rwandan Holocaust lasted only 91 days, but claimed almost a million lives. This is the story of Immaculée Ilibagiza, a young Tutsi woman, who survived the genocide perpetrated by the Hutu tribe by hiding for 91 days in a bathroom with 7 other women. [...]

Sister/Doctor Teresa Forcades Warns Against Flu Vaccine November 8, 2009

Sister Teresa Forcades is a Benedictine nun who also happens to be a physician specializing in internal medicine. She also has a Ph.D. in Public Health as well as a degree in theology from Harvard. So she’s obviously an extremely intelligent and well-educated woman, highly qualified to speak out against a medical crime against humanity. She herself admits [...]

Is the Pope Pro-Life? May 17, 2009

That used to be as redundant as asking if the Pope was Catholic. Unfortunately, over the past 40 years since the Vatican II Revolution, many faithful Catholics have been asking themselves precisely those two questions. Of course, being Catholic and being pro-life used to be redundant. At the risk of enraging those Catholics who think the Pope can [...]

Prayer of St. Francis by Sarah McLachlan April 30, 2009

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha February 24, 2009

  O God who, among the many marvels of Your Grace in the New World, did cause to blossom on the banks of the Mohawk and of the St. Lawrence, the pure and tender Lily, Kateri Tekakwitha, grant we beseech You, the favor we beg through her intercession; that this Young Lover of Jesus and [...]

My Favorite Movie: Black Robe February 15, 2009

  Black Robe is a rare cinematic gem, a true artistic treasure. It’s the story of a young French priest who goes off to New France to bring the Catholic Faith to the Native peoples, the harshships he endures, and the cultural clashes between the two. Even if the film did not have a Catholic theme I would probably still [...]

Standing up to the O’Briens February 12, 2009

Bishop Richard Williamson gave a sermon in London in 2007 which has turned out to be quite prophetic for him. In the sermon, His Excellency discussed George Orwell’s 1984 and its implications for us Christians in the coming police state.  In fact, I would say that His Excellency’s words, although spoken to a Catholic audience, extend to [...]

SSPX Expels Father Abrahamowicz February 7, 2009

Bishop Bernard Fellay, Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), seems to be having a bit of a freak-out. I was going to say sell-out, but I’ll reserve judgment on that - for now. The news out of Italy is that the SSPX has expelled Father Floriano Abrahamowicz of the SSPX Northern Italian District “for grave reasons [...]

The Holocaust is Now Catholic Dogma February 4, 2009

The last time a Pope of the Catholic Church defined an infallible dogma was in the year 1950. Pope Pius XII used this power reserved for the Vicar of Christ when speaking ex cathedra to define the Dogma of the Assumption of Mary. It was an extraordinary event because a pope using the power of infallibly to [...]

The Crucifixion of Bishop Williamson January 29, 2009

   As I observe the vilification of Bishop Williamson occurring in the Catholic blogosphere, I can’t help but recall the gospel account of the crucifixion of Christ Himself. For with the exception of the Blessed Mother and St. John, the rest of His apostles had abandoned Him, quaking in their boots  “for fear of the Jews” (John 19:38). Fast [...]

Pope Lifts Excommunications of SSPX Bishops – Deo Gratias! January 24, 2009

           On January 21, 2009, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI remitted the (unlawful) ex-communications from the four bishops of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX).  The four had been excommunicated on July 1, 1988 as a result of their consecration as bishops by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre two days earlier.  (The Vatican sure moves fast when it comes [...]

Dorothy Day: My Kind of Saint January 12, 2009

  Although she is famous for saying “Don’t call me a saint,” many consider Dorothy Day the kind of saint that sinners like us can relate to. Dorothy Day was born in New York City in 1897 and died there in 1980, having lived the kind of full and amazing life that  most of us could only dream of. [...]

Gaza Is a Litmus Test for Christians January 3, 2009

  As I made my usual rounds in Catholic cyberspace today, I was anxiously hoping and praying that somebody, anybody, would be as outraged and aghast as I am about what is happening to the people of Gaza. But with a couple of notable exceptions, all I hear is crickets out in tradland. Where is [...]

El Día de los Muertos November 2, 2008

Mother Teresa: Abortion Is the Greatest Destroyer of Peace August 25, 2008

  “I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today in the world is abortion, because it is a war against the child – a direct killing of the innocent child – murder by the mother herself. And if we can accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other [...]