Heart to Heart: Newman on the Laity
No Catholic figure, since St. Thomas Aquinas, has matched the creative mind of John Henry Newman. But if he is…
Why the Catholic Revival Will Begin in New England | Phil Lawler
by Phil Lawler
Here is the audio of a lecture by Dr. Phil Lawler on the Catholic Revival. The lecture is 45 minutes…
The Witness of the 20th Century Martyrs & Joyce Kilmer
by Dr. Amy Fahey /Robert Royal
The witness of blood: Martyrs of the 20th century: Robert Royal, (president of the Faith & Reason Institute in Washington,…
Word of the Day: MARK
Word of the Day: MARK Today is the feast day of Saint Mark, the evangelist whose sentences, in rough to-the-point…
The central problem of the century– and of our lives
This weekend I saw Witness, the powerful work by Whittaker Chambers, sitting on the shelf, and decided that it was…
Word of the Day: ALLELUIA
Word of the Day: ALLELUIA The perils of Biblical transliteration…. The man whose earth-moving machines across the street are waking…
What liturgists might learn from the Masters golf tournament
Although I am neither a golfer nor a golf fan, I enjoy watching the Masters on television each year, for…
Word of the Day: EASTER
Word of the Day: EASTER The ironies of faithlessness — that it should lead to such heights of credulity, a…
That unforgettable Ash Wednesday photo
by Phil Lawler
A week later, the image is still clearly etched in my mind. In the aftermath of the Florida school shootings,…
The blessing and the curse
Today at Mass we heard the famous challenge that God set before the people of Israel, from the Book of…
A prayer for Europe
by Phil Lawler
In the Memoriale of St. Pierre Favre, I recently came across the passage below. The great Jesuit saint (considered by St. Ignatius…
Oh, sure; blame celibacy
by Phil Lawler
An Australian government commission has called for an end to clerical celibacy. Right. Because if the headlines of the last few…
Advent is the restless season
Last week a spectacularly tasteless ad arrived in my In box, from a firm that promised me a brilliant new…
A priest’s #1 distraction at Mass—and how to avoid it
In the Memoriale of St. Pierre Favre (aka Peter Faber), I happened across this startling entry: During Mass on the day of…
