He Must Increase, I Must Decrease The Isenheim Altar Piece is a famous series of paintings by Matthias Grünewald done in 1512-1516 A.D. He painted
A new day was born in the desert of Judea. Night had faded into dawn and thin threads of light crept over the mountains giving
Many if not most Christians are probably familiar with the iconic scriptural account of the calming of the storm (Mt 8:23-27; Mk 4:35-41; Lk 8:23-27). Getting
The politicization of the Mass—what does that look like? How about a parish refusing to allow a Mass intention for a politician? We’re called to
Tim Gordon and I discovered over time that we are both somewhat afflicted with above-average anxiety. In this frank conversation, we get into some of
“ How do I turn on the gas? Does it have an automatic lighter?” I enquire. My wife sighs, “ No! That is the indoor
This is not a political article; I simply want to connect recent campaigning tactics in the American presidential race where a candidate was called ‘weird’
Why does God allow miracles in our lives? Because they help us to understand that by faith we know that God exists, and that He
Background More than a half-century ago, St Pope Paul VI warned that “the smoke of Satan has entered the Church of God” (6/29/1972). He went
There is a perception that Vatican II erred by accepting a previously condemned version of liberalism. For example, Marcel Lefebvre (d. 1991) even entitled a
There’s always some wiseacre on the interview panel who suddenly says, “And what do you think your biggest weaknesses are Mr Torkington?” He usually chooses
Sometimes life exposes us to situations that make us wonder if it is worth it to be Christian. I use the term to be Christian
Politics always makes for interesting discussions. As such, it wasn’t much of a surprise that the political goings on in our country became the topic
As is written in Isaiah 58:10: “Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from darkness, and the darkness
In 1974, Professor Sidney Simon, now deceased, Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, came up with the acronym IALAC. He even made it into
The following is a lightly edited version of a homily Fr. Dreyer gave on Labor Day a few years ago at the Shrine of the
St. Augustine said: “God created us without us: but he will not save us without us” [CCC 1847]. Yet so many are leaving the Church.
The meaning of the Sunday Mass Readings for September 2024 is made clearest by Catholic Doctrine. Catholic doctrines are the essentially unchangeable clarifications of Revelation
Dear readers, We have a clear moral and political dichotomy in America and throughout the western world. The political left is replete with politicians who
The infallible exegete can be found in multiple locations throughout the world and lives like a parasite in every host that is willing to provide
By The Unknown Centurion St. Hildegard von Bingen prophesied that in the last age, the Church would be attacked from within by the grey wolf
By: The Unknown Centurion Many have lamented how far and fast our once-Christian culture has fallen into a state of mass irrationality and idolatry, unmoored
