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  • Keeping Mary in Christmas

    “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 Mary. Our devotion to Our Lady springs from the fact that the Son of God was conceived by…

  • Christmas in Culture

    The holy night of Christmas has passed, but we remain in the liturgical season of Christmas, surrounded by the mysteries of the manger where Jesus Christ was born. These mysteries have been lauded in poem and song through the years; and for today, I am posting two examples of such. The first is the poem titled Noel by the Catholic writer,…