Seeking Solace

The reflections of an Irish Catholic priest on his experience of loneliness moved me deeply, and confirmed me in own calling to adore and intercede...

Fulget Crucis Mysterium

Our Lady Saint Mary, Saint John the Beloved Disciple, and the Wounded Side of Christ With First Vespers of the Fifth Sunday of Lent we...

Cum Amore Ac Timore — With Love and Awe

This is the article by Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Karaganda in Kazakhstan that attracted considerable attention when it appeared in L’Osservatore Romano, 8 January...

Irish Catholic Kvetch

Saint Patrick’s Day Secularized I wanted to buy a few cards for Saint Patrick’s Day to send to family and friends both in Ireland and...

I Will Not Be Forgetful of Thee

Wednesday Within the Fourth Week of Lent Isaiah 49:8-15 John 5:17-30 An Inward Quickening In every single line of today’s prophecy from Isaiah, there is...