On the Over-Seriousness of Today The current age, with its technologies, its wars, its uncertainties and anxieties, is a gloomy and worried age. Rates of
On Seeking Silence One of the most comforting aspects of a church is its silence. A holy, inviolate silence that is overwhelming: when one steps
There is a distinct and terrible lack of parties in everyone’s life nowadays. When was the last time that you, as an adult, attended a
On Not Skipping Mass, Even in the Summer As summer arrives, the paradoxical occurs. Though summer is the “season of relaxation,” when everyone can be
On the Prayer of the Little Tasks There are fresh flowers in the vases that dot the apartment. Picked from the various curbsides and grassy
On How the Physical Unites us to the Spiritual Christian artwork, whether Protestant or Catholic, becomes “a gateway” into Faith: take, for example, Ciseri’s Ecce
On Lent’s Invitation to Silence and Fasting The choir hums, but does not burst in glorious refrain. The music is subdued, the organ absent. The
On How We have Replaced a Leisure-Culture with a Work-Culture Planning which day I’ll have enough time to finally make sourdough bread is quite the
