Our Lenten focus on conversion and the old Confiteor takes us this week to “blessed Michael, the Archangel.” The Bible speaks of three Archangels: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. Michael is always prominently featured as at […]

Three More Years of Synodal Stuff – “Spare us, Lord, from three more years of the Synod on Synodality.” St. Patrick, meet the Synod on Synodality (Catholic Culture) Progressive Totalitarianism – “… the constraints and […]

March 21, 2012, was the first World Down Syndrome Day. This day reminds the world how precious and special are those with Down syndrome and how we must be their voice so that they can […]

The term “hermeneutic”, like “consubstantial” and “immaculate”, proves that Catholics are good with polysyllabic words. A “hermeneutic” is a principle of interpretation or approach to understanding. “Hermeneutic” became common in Church circles during Benedict XVI’s […]

For most American Catholics, the name “St. Patrick’s Cathedral” conjures up an image of the neo-Gothic church with its twin spires on New York City’s Fifth Avenue—a cathedral now dwarfed by the skyscrapers of glass […]

Readings: • Gn 15:5-12, 17-18 • Ps 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14 • Phil 3:17—4:1 • Lk 9:28b-36 What a difference a week makes! From temptation in the desert to Transfiguration on the mount; from supernatural […]