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These are the words recorded by St. Paul in his Epistle to the Galatians (2:11-13) during his encounter with St. Peter in Antioch, the place where the followers of Christ were first referred to as Christians (Acts 11:26). This location was a crucial center of early Christianity, where Jewish and Gentile Christians often interacted with…
These particular quotations have been running through my head a great deal—and not least because of the wars and rumors of wars in the Near East. The ridiculous leadership in Great Britain, Ireland, and the rest of Europe; the rising wave of Islamist crime and violence in those places, Canada, and Australia; the ongoing madness…
This text is taken from The Liturgical Year, authored by Dom Prosper Gueranger (1841-1875). There is no Patristic sermon appointed today in Matins. Rather, Jeremiah 11 and 12 are read. Today, again, our Savior sets out in the morning for Jerusalem. His intention is to repair to the temple, and continue his yesterday’s teachings. It…
Catholics of a certain age can still recall the Faith of the 1940s, 50s, and early 60s. These decades were largely a continuation of previous centuries of steady Church growth with full pews at most Masses. The parish priest was greatly respected for playing many roles in service to both God and parishioners: confessor, counselor,…
Catholicism, and the conservative movement more generally, is currently facing a profound and unexpected dilemma. As they succeed in bringing in young men, they are driving away young women. Young men seem to be coming back to church, but young women are leaving. Why is this? And more importantly, what should be done about it?…
This text is taken from The Liturgical Year, authored by Dom Prosper Gueranger (1841-1875) This morning also, Jesus goes with his Disciples to Jerusalem. He is fasting, for the Gospel tells us that he was hungry. He approaches a fig-tree, which is by the wayside; but finds nothing on it, save leaves only. Jesus, wishing…
Above: Christ in the House of Simon by Dieric Bouts (1440s). This was the Gospel for Passion Thursday in which an earlier, similar episode took place. Tractate 50 (John 11:55-12) Yesterday’s lesson in the holy Gospel, on which we spoke as the Lord enabled us, is followed by today’s, on which we purpose to speak…
This text is taken from The Liturgical Year, authored by Dom Prosper Gueranger (1841-1875) Early in the morning of this day, Jesus sets out for Jerusalem, leaving Mary, his Mother, and the two sisters Martha and Mary Magdalene, and Lazarus, at Bethania. The Mother of Sorrows trembles at seeing her Son thus expose himself to…
Reading his biography, one can hardly understand why a professor of theology and philosophy like Monsignor Brunero Gherardini was attacked so vehemently.[1] Born in 1925 in Prato (Tuscany), he died at the venerable age of 92—in 2017—in Santa Marinella (Rome). Throughout his entire life dedicated to serving the Church, Gherardini followed a consistent intellectual and…
Sir Keir Starmer is the Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, King’s Counsel, Member of Parliament, Privy Councillor, His Majesty’s First Lord of the Treasury, and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. And yet for all these titles, his government has descended into the morass of…
