The liturgy wars of the 1970s and 1980s have erupted again in recent years, starting with the motu proprio of Pope Francis, Traditionis Custodes, seeking to reverse the course set by Pope Benedict XVI in Summorum Pontificum, which gave […]
The present moment in history finds us confronted with hundreds of purported supernatural visitations. This proliferation is not cause for rejoicing; on the contrary, it […]
Today, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Matthew, author of the first Gospel. In the New Testament, he has two names, Levi and Matthew. It was not uncommon for Jews of the first century […]
Thousands of words have been written and spoken about the horror that hit Annunciation School in Minneapolis on August 27. The Mayor of the City cast doubt on the efficacy of prayer in such situations and subsequently turned […]
Today’s liturgical commemoration demands the answer to a fundamental question: Have you accepted the challenge to be a long-distance runner for Christ? […]
Did you ever walk into a theater while the last showing was still going on, so that you saw the end of the film before the beginning? That is something like the experience Peter, James, […]
On the Blessed Virgin Mary I recollect one saying among others of my confessor, a Jesuit Father, one of the holiest, most prudent men I ever knew. He said that we could not love the […]
Surprise and delight were the common responses to the announcement that this past week Pope Leo XIV approved the proposal of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints that St. John Henry Cardinal Newman be […]
Editor’s note: This homily was preached for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, (Extraordinary Form), on July 27, 2025, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. Last Sunday’s readings gave us the opportunity to […]
Our saint of the day, Aloysius Gonzaga, lived in the sixteenth century and came from nobility on both the Italian and Spanish sides of his family. He renounced his earthly patrimony to enter the Jesuits, […]
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