Download [Right Click] Play in New Window On 23 March I was on Reconquest! with Br. Andre Marie, MICM of the St. Benedict Center in New Hampshire to talk about the life and holiness of St. Robert Bellarmine. The first segment is a summary by Brother André, and in the rest of the show I […]
Download [Right Click] Play in New Window Today we are joined by Colin Corcoran, of “The Catholic Husband“, to share his conversion experience, as well as his thoughts on the struggle of Catholics in the trenches to fully live the sacrament of Matrimony in the difficult times. This is especially timely as the Synod […]
I will salvage something from the Advent and Christmas sermons of St. Robert Bellarmine, which I announced just the other day will not be out this year, due to focusing on his other works. What follows is his sermon from the first Sunday of Advent, posted today to give place to the celebration of St. […]
St. Francis is perhaps the universal saint of the universal Church. All of the circumstances of his life were directed, by divine providence, to conform completely to the life of our Savior. Here, I’m providing an excerpt from a book I reprinted, The Life of St. Francis of Assisi, by Candide Chalippe, OFM. It is […]
Originally Published 18 February, 2010 ο χρυσαμοιβος δ’ Αρης ςωματων και ταλαντουχος εν μαχα δορος πυρωθεν εξ Ιλιου φιλοισι πεμπει βαρου ψηγμα δυσδακρυτον αντηνορος σποδου γεμιζων λεβητας ευθετους. Ares, the money changer of bodies, holding his scales in the battle of the spears, sends back from Ilium (Troy) to their dear ones, heavy dust that […]
Originally published 22 February, 2007 Memento homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris. (Genesis III:19) These words from the ceremonies by which we commence Lent is indicative of several things we necessarily must keep in mind. The First is the Latin words address each of us individually. Memento homo, quia pulvis es, etc. Remember […]
Originally published 13 October, 2008 Much is said today about a culture of life, and it is done so rightly. The culture of death is in fact a culture surrounding true death, eternal damnation and the vices that please the devil. Nevertheless, I’ve chosen a provocative title for this post because as Catholicism is a […]
Originally published 10 August, 2010 The saints tell us that the death of sinners is filled with problems. In this sense they do not mean sinners in the broad sense, because we are all sinners, rather sinners with respect to the unrepentant, those who have not yet turned away from their sins and more than […]
