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As President Trump himself has said—including on the campaign trail—one of the purposes for his massively popular political movement was to stop a deeply entrenched ruling class bent on leading the world into World War III. Trump even repeated many times, more somberly and urgently than any other world leader, that recent years have brought…
Due to the recent, and particularly grandiose, liturgical vision of a certain Midwestern diocese, The Geographical Parish is once more the topic of the day. It’s a fascinating concept, and one that is comforting to a certain mathematical kind of mind: absolutely every single one of the 1.27 billion Catholics in the world is neatly…
A decades-long strategy of the Left that has been used to much success is name-calling. If that sounds like a juvenile way to describe what the Left does, that’s because it’s a juvenile tactic. Any criticism of Leftist policies is met with shouts of “racist” or “homophobe” or “misogynist” in an attempt to shut down…
During our visit to a large parish for Sunday Mass while we were down at the beach, a woman collapsed a few pews ahead of where we were sitting. My wife, an ER nurse, quickly jumped in, giving chest compressions since the woman had no pulse initially. Once the woman was brought back from the…
St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430), who was the greatest Christian philosopher of antiquity and certainly the one who exerted the deepest and most lasting influence, maintained that a Christian state is the only type of state where true justice can be achieved. This is because, in such a state, the body politic would rule according…
“Si comprehendis, non est Deus… If you can grasp it, it’s not God.” — St. Augustine (s. 117.5) That stark declaration by the Doctor of Grace brings us, creeping like Moses, to the cleft in the rock through which we must peer longingly for the ultimate mystery. We believe in the Triune Godhead, and therefore…
From the Roman office. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May the Gospel’s holy lection Be our safety and protection. ℟. Amen. Reading 1 Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke Luke 4:38 At that time Jesus arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with…
It is ironic and risible in the extreme that the motto of Harvard University is “Veritas” because that once-illustrious institution has long since abandoned any belief in objective verity. It has ceased to seek answers to Pilate’s question, Quid est veritas? and only asks it in the rhetorical sense that it is unanswerable. Abandoning the…
On May 8, as I was cutting a client’s hair, my phone started blowing up. I took a quick moment to check what was happening and saw the words HABEMUS PAPAM! I felt my emotions well up, which surprised me as I’d been paying little attention to the conclave to avoid getting wrapped up in…
Above: Quirinal Palace circa 1860. The pope’s residence as the head of state of the Papal States. Throughout the history of the Church, there have been numerous occasions when the faithful perceived they were living through the “worst moment” or even the precursors to the end of times, due to social unrest, the moral corruption…
