Sister Scholastica Radel (left) and Mother Abbess Cecilia Snell of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, discuss the recent exhumation of the...
By Deacon Frank Central to our faith is the Eucharistic celebration and our reception of Holy Communion. This act of unity is intended to convey a belief in, as St. Paul states, “a common faith, hope...
The Three-Legged Stool of Life We need three legs of the stool of life (soul, mind and body) to have peace and joy that surpasses all understanding and to do God’s complete will. Many of us have one...
Scripture tells us that we grow closer to God to the extent that we are content with what we have and realize that God is always with us (Hebrews 13:5). And Scripture reminds us that God is always...
The language of beauty continues to preach the truth of Catholicism to all nations; because of that, we ought to see composers like Tallis as contributing to the Church’s continued charism of...
Given what we know now, and given the fact that the promised New Springtime turned out to be more like a nuclear winter, maybe we can humble ourselves and be willing to rethink the person of Marcel...
Photo by Claudius Unitrinus. It is the Feast of Trinity Sunday and the liturgical anniversary of my ordination in 1991. I am about to delve into a book with a unwieldy title, but not lacking in...
At some point we wind up taking a stab at explaining the Trinity to someone. Results vary. Today, to get at the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity, let’s use the final prayer at Holy Mass in the...
Here’s an oldie but goodie. QUAESITUM EST: We are planning to have a special drink for the potluck to commemorate today’s Feast of the Trinity. We were planning to do a “Trinitini”, a Martini with...