How Were Adam and Eve in Paradise? The Vision of Saint Hildegard of Bingen
Saint Hildegard’s visions depict everything significant that took place in Eden.
The Story of a Conversion: the Extraordinary Encounter of Manuel García Morente
How could a distinguished modern university professor of philosophy believe in God, the Virgin Mary, angels, and saints? Before his conversion, to such a rhetorical question, the Spanish thinker Manuel García Morente (1886–1942) would always respond with the silence of a superior smile. All these Christian teachings and beliefs were, gently, labeled by him as…
The Colossus of Lombardy: Saint Charles Borromeo
"This visitation had been sent as a chastisement for sin."
The Resurrection of Lazarus from the Dead. The Surprising Interpretation of Saint Ambrose of Milan
"For He raised not Lazarus alone, but the faith of all."
Fighting the Snail: How Medieval People Thought
Every being or thing in nature has a divine reason.
A Catastrophic Crisis: the Exodus of Young Catholics and the Contraceptive Mentality
How can a Catholic couple claim to truly believe if the spouses suspend their trust in Holy Providence?
Astronomy and Liturgy: the Symbolic Meanings of the Date of Easter
No gesture or liturgical object is without symbolic (i.e., mystical) significance.
Tolkien’s Secret Fire and the Sacred Heart
"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor."