~The following is a post printed in 2018. We are re-publishing it today with a few modifications. “Those holy heads are too near together for the halos not to mingle and cross.” ~G.K. Chesterton As you think of the Christmas story this week, notice something very Catholic in it; specifically, the origins of our love and devotion to the Blessed Virgin…
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Antidote to the News
Does the world news have you distressed and fearful? It has the potential to, that is for certain. I just scanned a bit of the latest news, and it could send the most stouthearted into a panic. Why? First, the secular news does not have a Catholic framework, or worldview; hence, it lacks that one thing necessary: to know Christ Jesus.…
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A Poem in Advent
The following is a section of a T. S. Eliot poem for Advent. For me, the poem describes the search for God, which is apropos in Advent. God is found on Christmas morning in a manger; which is our home (G.K. Chesterton). Eliot wrote: A people without history Is not redeemed from time, for history is a pattern Of timeless…
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Thanksgiving and the Uncongenial Family
Today is the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States; and, for it, I am re-posting the following essay from last year with some edits. May you all have a beautiful Thanksgiving surrounded by your lovely uncongenial family. ~SCF “If we were tomorrow morning snowed up in the street in which we live, we should step suddenly into a much larger…
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The Home of Our Hearts
Wherever you walk with the Blessed Virgin Mary; that is, when you are in a state of sanctifying grace in communion with the Roman Catholic Church (Baptism starts a person on this journey), and, as such, you are living in the Immaculate Heart of Mary, you are at home. This is an often overlooked perk of being a Roman Catholic: your…
