Towards Advent
Late November Saints The saints of these last days of the liturgical year incite us to look beyond the conditions of this present life and...
The Heartless and Pitiless Celibate
The title of this entry comes not from me, but from Saint John Chrysostom’s homily at Matins. He is preaching on the parable of the...
Into the House of the Lord
Our Lady in the Temple The solemn dedication of the Church of the Mother of God near the Temple in Jerusalem took place on November...
Ballasts in Peter’s storm–tossed bark
Maria Fortunata Viti: A Nearly–Forgotten Benedictine Blessed Today is the feast of a now nearly–forgotten Benedictine Blessed: Maria Fortunata Viti. Back in October 1967, at...
Do what you can, and ask for what you cannot
A Pastoral Query Answered There was in the October 22, 2014 Responsum of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to a French priest’s...