Rise thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee. –Ephesians v. 14 We Catholics live in a world that is weary of itself and awaits liberation. A new calendar year dawns, and yet the same old thing is true. Indeed, the Apostle writes, Every creature groaneth and travaileth in pain,…
Beyond Holy Writ, there has been one book which has helped form, edify, and nourish me spiritually. I have read it time and again. It is The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis. By no means am I the only Christian soul to find refuge in its pages. Apparently, behind the Bible, it is…
For years, I have felt like a wanderer as a Catholic. Searching for kindred souls on my journey, I have observed that most traditional Catholics are also wanderers. We wander, I think, because when we survey our visible ecclesial reality, we notice that there aren’t many others who are outspoken for the things we hold…
