It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over (And This Ain’t Bubba’s Diner)

Once I was in a beautiful old Roman church for Mass. As we went forward to receive Holy Communion, I heard the sound of dishes being set out in the back of the church, as the smell of coffee wafted… Read More

Do You Still Not See or Understand?

Some time ago I was I was in Jerusalem on a pilgrimage. To avoid the crush of the thousands of people who come to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher each day, my wife and I went there at 4:00… Read More

Deo Gratis

If you are ever in Ft. Worth, Texas take time to visit the beautiful old cathedral of St. Patrick, and view the eighth window from the front on the north wall of the church. This beautiful stained glass window was… Read More

Pro-life Work is Witness to Truth

It was a hot Thursday morning in north Texas. Sultry and no breeze. Pro-life volunteers were standing or kneeling, and praying along the sidewalk across the street from the abortion mill. Other volunteers were on the sidewalk directly in front… Read More

The Big Picture

At 6:20 a.m. on a recent Friday, I went to Mass at the local pro-life center. The Mass was celebrated by our bishop, a man dedicated to pro-life issues who is generous with his time in this apostolate, including saying… Read More

Onward and Backward

The secular left tells us that we are progressing ever forward. Destination unknown at this time. But no matter. Life is better. Modern man is morally superior to past generations. Gone are those churchy, superstitious days of old. For the… Read More

Those Little Nods

Recently I read an article written by a man who is apparently a convert to Catholicism. The article was a complaint about traditionalist Catholics, whom he finds inflexible and humorless in their loyalty to the extraordinary form of the Mass.… Read More

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