The Reality of Christmas Magic
So hallow'd and so gracious
Thanksgiving and the New England Inheritance
The year decays, November’s blastThrough leafless boughs pipes shrill and drear;With warmer love the home clasps fastThe hands, the hearts, the friends most dear. On many seas men sail the fleetOf hopes as fruitless as the foam;They roam the world with restless feet,But find no sweeter spot than home. To-day with quickened hearts they hearOld…
Now We Are Sixty-Five
A long, long time agoI can still remember how that music used to make me smileAnd I knew if I had my chanceThat I could make those people danceAnd maybe they’d be happy for a while—Don McLean, “American Pie.” This last November 8, I passed a milestone – I turned 65 years of age. There…
King Charles at the Vatican: Sell Out or Salvific?
Consciously or not, the new King was following in the symbolic trail of his Medieval predecessors in ways forgotten to-day by Catholics and Anglicans alike.
Happy anniversary to Blessed Karl of Austria and the Servant of God Zita
Blessed Karl and Zita are an exemplar of the Sacrament of Marriage.
The Way of the Bachelor
"I am a bachelor because I never married."
The American Civil War(s)
There are two countries sharing the territories of these United States.
September Chivalry
"Blessing for those going for the Support and Defence of the Christian Faith, or the Recovery of the Holy Land.”
Canadian Christendom – Lessons for America
The battle cry: "For Christ and King!"
Catholicism and the American Colonies
The singular kindness and gentleness with which we have been governed by His Most Gracious Majesty King George III...