ADVENT: TO WONDER AT NOT WONDERING
We prize wonder in this world. And yet we seem to experience so little of it that is not manufactured and artificial. How can we get real wonder back again? Continue reading ADVENT: TO WONDER AT NOT WONDERING
ADVENT: A CONSPIRACY OF GOODNESS AND MERCY
What is that staggering piece of optimism that this Advent and all Advents teach us as we journey to Christ? That none of our present problems, none of the problems to come are without an answer. Continue reading ADVENT: A CONSPIRACY OF GOODNESS AND MERCY
ADVENT: FOR THE PURPOSES OF FAITH AND REVOLUTION
This Advent as the country’s division continues over so many things, we can find our help yet again from the man known as both the Apostle of common sense and the Prince of Paradox, G. K. Chesterton. Continue reading ADVENT: FOR THE PURPOSES OF FAITH AND REVOLUTION
ADVENT: TO TRAVEL DELIBERATELY
What do you and I expect of this Advent? What preparations are we making along the way to be ready for Christ’s birth? Continue reading ADVENT: TO TRAVEL DELIBERATELY
ADVENT: EVERYONE MUST CHOOSE HIS SIDE
All of our existence comes down to it: taking sides. God himself does and we must. Continue reading ADVENT: EVERYONE MUST CHOOSE HIS SIDE
ADVENT: FIRST SUNDAY
An abyss of light and under all our grumblings, a subconscious substance of gratitude. Continue reading ADVENT: FIRST SUNDAY
THANKSGIVING
Have a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving! Continue reading THANKSGIVING
Feast of Christ the King
Christus Vincit, Christus Regnat, Christus Imperat Continue reading Feast of Christ the King
All Souls Day
a man is not a man without his body, just as he is not a man without his soul. Continue reading All Souls Day
All Saints Day
Today the Church honors all those who are with God, the innumerable men and women, the “great cloud of witnesses” who chose fidelity to Christ Continue reading All Saints Day
All Hallows Eve
The faithful begin a vigil to remember all the “saints who have gone before us” and there faith Continue reading All Hallows Eve
He smiles, but not as Sultans smile…
And the Pope has cast his arms abroad for agony and loss,
And called the kings of Christendom for swords about the Cross Continue reading He smiles, but not as Sultans smile…
RENEWED BY SHIPWRECKS
What will we save from the wreckage? Chesterton reminds us in Orthodoxy that even in a shipwreck there is hope. Continue reading RENEWED BY SHIPWRECKS
FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
the Mother of God is in a rather special sense connected with things visible; since she is of this earth, and through her bodily being God was revealed to the senses. Continue reading FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
LABOR DAY
Men can sing while charging in a military, but hardly in a legal sense. And at the end of my reflections I had really got no further than the sub-conscious feeling of my friend the bank-clerk–that there is something spiritually suffocating about our life; not about our laws merely, but about our life. Continue reading LABOR DAY
FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION
This is our state if we do not recapture wonder and gratitude, especially wonder at and gratitude for the transfiguration and the anticipation of heaven and the hope of the glory of seeing God face to face Continue reading FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION
FEAST OF OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS
Mary, the legitimate short cut to the love of God. Continue reading FEAST OF OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS
SEEING GREAT THINGS
Wisdom given by God is most definitely a virtue. God says it is a superlative virtue worth more than money. And He will give it to us without reproach ( James 1:5) In fact, to gain wisdom, we must be in a humble place. Continue reading SEEING GREAT THINGS
IN CONSTANT DANGER OF FORGETTING
The more people read Chesterton, the more chance there is that our modern world will remember everything that it is has all but forgotten. Continue reading IN CONSTANT DANGER OF FORGETTING
THE MASS WHO KNEW CHESTERTON
What kind of mass was Chesterton attending in his day and familiar with? The Tridentine Mass or the Latin Mass. What sort of response would Chesterton have given to the Motu Proprio? Continue reading THE MASS WHO KNEW CHESTERTON
THE NEW G.K. CHESTERTON
he resembles less the “Mad as Hell” angry news anchor Howard Beale in Network that Kyle Smith suggests, but more so the famed early-twentieth century writer G.K. Chesterton, who upheld conservative values for the sake of the common man and common sense. Continue reading THE NEW G.K. CHESTERTON
THE SOLUTION TO MAN’S PROBLEMS
What is needed is a change of heart that strengthens that heart not to act in a base way no matter how it is treated because it has Christ living on the inside of it Continue reading THE SOLUTION TO MAN’S PROBLEMS
NOT A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS BUT OF EXILES
It is making a home out of vagabonds and a nation out of exiles. Continue reading NOT A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS BUT OF EXILES
A LOVE OF COUNTRY
Such is the case of their local preference, their love of country, its land, its customs, its language, its culture, its heritage. The traditional patriot loves these before all other countries but not to the exclusion or harm of other countries. They want the same patriotic love for every other family and country. Continue reading A LOVE OF COUNTRY
REAL FREEDOM
The fight is upon us to guard those fences as best we can and to rely on God for the rest. We must fight it as “brave men”. Continue reading REAL FREEDOM
MEMORIAL OF THE FIRST MARTYRS OF THE CHURCH OF ROME
Let us follow for a moment the clue of the martyr and the suicide; and take the case of courage. No quality has ever so much addled the brains and tangled the definitions of merely rational sages. Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die. Continue reading MEMORIAL OF THE FIRST MARTYRS OF THE CHURCH OF ROME
FEAST OF STS PETER AND PAUL
When Christ established His great society, He made His choices not on merit or our desire, but on His higher thinking. Continue reading FEAST OF STS PETER AND PAUL
Frances Chesterton’s Birthday and The Wedding Anniversary of Gilbert and Frances Chesterton
Frances Chesterton, wife of G. K. Chesterton, was born on June 28, 1869. She married G. K. Chesterton on the same date,.June 28, in 1901. Theirs was a happy and faithful marriage of two “incompatible” people: a man and a woman. As G. K. Chesterton was later to observe in his defense of marriage: Continue reading Frances Chesterton’s Birthday and The Wedding Anniversary of Gilbert and Frances Chesterton
SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
John had the supreme adventure of birth and life becoming the precursor of Christ, preparing the people for his coming! Continue reading SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
MEMORIAL OF ST THOMAS MOORE AND ST JOHN FISHER
Especially in difficult times of challenge, when those times always begin with friendships and relationships in the home before they ever get to the public square, the lives of the saints who faced Christ’s sword of division ( Matthew 10:33-35) give us courage. So it is with Sir Thomas More. Continue reading MEMORIAL OF ST THOMAS MOORE AND ST JOHN FISHER
FATHER’S DAY
A blessed day of remembering all our sacrificial Fathers – especially our Lord and our priests. Continue reading FATHER’S DAY
Past any desire for distinction…
“A saint is long past any desire for distinction; he is the only sort of superior man who has never been a superior person.” Continue reading Past any desire for distinction…
FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE OF HEART OF MARY
the very necessary truth of the subordination of Mary to Christ, as being after all the subordination of the creature to the Creator Continue reading FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE OF HEART OF MARY
SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS
The truth is that it is the image of Christ in the churches that is almost entirely mild and merciful. It is the image of Christ in the Gospels that is a good many other things as well. Continue reading SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS
SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST
While they were eating, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is my body.” Continue reading SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST
IN THE SAME BOAT
It means facing up to the ridicule, the anger, even the killing rage of others when they hear the truth. Continue reading IN THE SAME BOAT
MEMORIAL DAY
because it is about the dead from wars past, who need to be remembered most for the lessons they tried to teach us. Continue reading MEMORIAL DAY
SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit Continue reading SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
Happy Birthday, Mr. Chesterton!
HAPPY 147th BIRTHDAY TO GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON! Continue reading Happy Birthday, Mr. Chesterton!
DIVISION AND UNITY
When our Lord says He came to cause divisions, it behooves us to understand why and what kind Continue reading DIVISION AND UNITY
MOTHER OF THE CHURCH
O God, Father of mercies, whose Only Begotten Son, as he hung upon the Cross, chose the Blessed Virgin Mary, his Mother, to be our Mother also Continue reading MOTHER OF THE CHURCH
PENTECOST!
The Church is born! Hallelujah! Continue reading PENTECOST!
PAIN AND HOPE
Christ and His Kingdom and a new spirit – one of strength to bear up under the trials of this world aided with the Holy Spirit – not drugs or the temporary pleasure of sin. That. That is what gives us hope. Continue reading PAIN AND HOPE
THE QUEST FOR TOMORROWLAND
Who can fix the human heart? See, that’s not a technological problem, is it. No, that is a spiritual problem and one that can’t be resolved with an algorithm. Continue reading THE QUEST FOR TOMORROWLAND
THE COMING SCIENTIFICALLY ORGANIZED STATE
Science wants to be our established “Church”. It marries all arms of secularism, with Materialism being first and foremost, and by doing so gains great power. It’s man making himself god and what he can accomplish a thing to be worshipped. Continue reading THE COMING SCIENTIFICALLY ORGANIZED STATE
THE ROOT CAUSE OF DIVISIONS
We cannot solve our problems ourselves. Only Christ can do that. Only His kingdom is the answer. BUT, we can change our mind, how we see things and start seeing them from God’s view point. Continue reading THE ROOT CAUSE OF DIVISIONS
MIRACULOUS APPEARANCES!
Chesterton believed in miracles himself and wrote much about them in several works, one of which, Orthodoxy, explained why he believed in them. Continue reading MIRACULOUS APPEARANCES!
Eastertide: Divine Mercy – Immortality is the great holiday…
Another Eastertide (Octave) has come to a close with the Sunday of Divine Mercy. But the Easter Season continues! Christ is still risen! Hallelujah! Continue reading Eastertide: Divine Mercy – Immortality is the great holiday…
Reforming the Line 