I offer on the altar the spotless Lamb

I remember when, in the wake of the Second Vatican Council, it was fashionable in some ecclesiastical and academic circles to sniff dismissively at the Lessons...

O bona crux!

A Cross On the Threshold of Advent The feast of Saint Andrew the First–Called marks the threshold of the new liturgical year with the sign...

Paris Again

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Yes, Paris again. Paris is as much the theatre of great miracles of grace as it is the theatre...

Ave Verum Corpus

Sacrilege Will the distressing news of the sacrilege perpetrated in Pamplona, Spain provoke any kind of concrete response? Spanish “artist” Abel Azcona stole more than...

Saint John of the Cross

The approach of Advent is marked by two saints of the Cross.  First there is Saint John of the Cross (24 November) who, as we...