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St. Paternus, Bishop
ST. PATERNUS was born at Poitiers, about the year 482. His father, Patranus, with the consent of his wife, went…
Monthly Archives: April, 2015
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Would You Lay Down Your Life for Them?
I have more than 1,100 friends on Facebook. Are they all really my friends? Fair question. My wife and children…
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Front Row With Francis: The Passion of Children
Divorce, malnutrition, poverty. Children “are the first victims.” For all the talk about being pro-life and pro-family, and for all…
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Poem: “This”
This This, only this is truly necessary. An outdated wooden crucifix in a forgotten sacristy corner, my forehead pressed to…
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How a Parish Can Attract Traditionalists
Dear William, When I shared your previous letter on Facebook, I referred to the contents as “interesting.” In it, you expressed a…
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St. Benezet, or Little Bennet
ST. BENEZET kept his mother’s sheep in the country, and as a mere child was devoted to practices of piety.…
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St. Martin, Pope
ST. MARTIN, who occupied the Roman See from A. D. 649 to 655, incurred the enmity of the Byzantine court…
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St. Hermenegild, Martyr
LEOVIGILD, King of the Visigoths, had two sons, Hermenegild and Recared, who reigned conjointly with him. All three were Arians,…
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Tax-Time Misery
When I came to, I was on my back on the floor of my accountant’s office. “What happened?” I said.…
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Divine Mercy: Drink it Up
At the Abbey of Gethsemane in New Haven, Kentucky, the bell tower of the monastery chimed at three a.m. like…