I entered the Church of St. Boniface on Sunday for the first time. Family members had spoken of this Pittsburgh gem, but I had never had the time to make the trip to her doors prior to this week. The Sacramental Spouse, and I, were a bit late, having started out from the O.V. later than planned; and, alas, dependent on…
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Glittering Pens
It is commonly known that J.R.R. Tolkien had a role in the conversion to Christianity of the Oxford don and writer C.S. Lewis. However, there was another man who, too, had a hand in the conversion of the great Clive Staples, and his name is Gilbert Keith Chesterton. While still in the throes of atheism, Lewis made a mistake, in terms of keeping…
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The Encores of God
“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, ‘Do it again’; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It…
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Peonies and the Unborn
Currently blooming about the land is the delightful peony which is commonly known as the “Pentecost Rose” or “Mary’s Rose.” When brought indoors, these buds pack a powerful aromatic punch, filling an entire room with their sweet odor. Their appearance at the table, or in the hall, fills the occupants of the home with instant happiness; perhaps it is because…
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Fatima and Communisim
“The world really is what it ought to be, an ante-chamber of heaven, when Mary is accepted as the Maternal Mediatrix…You may have prosperity in the United States, but if Our Lady is absent, if Christ is absent, it is a gulag. You have no freedom. You are a slave of the prince of this world.” Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner,…
