The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is “the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God in himself” (CCC 234). That sentence ought to make any preacher on Trinity Sunday take a deep breath before he says anything. We want to…

Above: Duchess Marie of Saxe-Alternburg (1818-1097) with her husband, King George V of Hanover and children. The grim reality of a world dominated by contraception is visible to the naked eye without any difficulty. There is no need for statistics: the empty pews—painfully visible especially in small churches—as well as the predominance of parishioners over…

The priest intones, “Peace be with you.” The congregation responds, “And with your spirit.” And then, sometimes it doesn’t come. The priest doesn’t say, “Let us offer each other the sign of peace.” Sometimes—often, around my town—he moves on with the Mass. And yet, even when the priest does not invite us, the church is…

The Charlotte diaconate ordinations occurred last weekend. Ours is a diocese that has been the subject of an abundance of articles over the past couple of years, ever since the newly-appointed Bishop Michael Martin instituted controversial changes. He sequestered the Latin Mass to a remote chapel and attempted to institute a litany of changes to…