Wednesday, December 24, 2025

"Having obtained a share in the birth of Christ let us renounce the works of the flesh." ~ The Ancient Church Fathers on the Nativity of Christ

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Fresco portrait of Pope Saint Leo the Great (enhanced) from the Church of Santa Maria Antiqua in Rome, dated to the early 8th century—about ...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

"I came out with a joyful heart and gave thanks to God." ~ Thanksgiving in luxury and in persecution

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At Mass this morning, our good priest reflected in his homily on thankfulness, as is proper on this Thanksgiving Day here in the US. He spec...
Friday, October 31, 2025

The Origins of All Saints Day and the Consecration of the Pantheon in Rome as a Church in AD 608

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The Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres (aka, the Pantheon) in Rome as it looks today. The Feast of All Saints as we know it today has its o...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

They had to silence his voice with a bullet: The political assassination of Charlie Kirk and a Turning Point for America

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Requiescat in pace, Charles James Kirk (1993 -2025) Charlie Kirk was assassinated while doing what he loved—talking with young people and ge...
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Monday, August 18, 2025

"Helena was visited that emperors might be redeemed." ~ The ancient sources on Saint Helena's discovery of the True Cross

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Early 9th century illustration from northern Italy of Saint Helena discovering the True Cross. The feast day of Saint Helena, the mother of...
Saturday, August 02, 2025

Book Review: Father Michael McGivney and the Knights of Columbus by Emily Tennant

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Fr. McGivney hurries through inclement weather on a sick call. For many years I have appreciated and enjoyed the Vision series – a sequence ...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

"He has much talent, and a gentle, fine character. I am convinced that he will delight you." ~ a brief bio of Rev. Joseph Coolidge Shaw

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Painting of Rev. Joseph Coolidge Shaw, uncle of Civil War hero, Col. Robert Gould Shaw. The top spot on my rankings of Civil War movies alte...
Monday, June 09, 2025

"I wished to see a king, not corpses." ~ Achilles, Alexander, Augustus and the historian as transmitter of heroic virtue

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Detail from Augustus Caesar visits the tomb of Alexander the Great by French artist Lionel Royer (1878). The dominant literary culture of t...
Friday, May 23, 2025

"They still make human sacrifices..." ~ How Christian were the 6th century Franks, anyway?

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Merovingian Frankish warriors looking especially fierce in this fanciful 19th century engraving. The nation of the Franks are well known tod...
Friday, May 02, 2025

"Faithfully compile the acts of the martyrs, omitting nothing." ~ The duty of the Popes to preserve the history of the Church

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Images of Popes Clement I, Anteros, Fabian, and Damasus I, all holding codices indicating their legacies of defending the doctrines and pres...