Hope springs eternal
Written in early March of 2021, inspired by a famous saying of the Catholic poet and Englishman Alexander Pope, 18th…
The widow of Zarephath, the unclean woman at the Kinneret, and Sara, the bride of Tobias
This is three times slightly lyrical prose, a subjective perspective on three biblical stories about women, projected in black types…
A decree by Saint Pius X, Jansenists versus Jesuits, and the Sacred Heart devotion
Saint Pius X‘s decree to settle the controversy concerning Holy Communion “(…) after the publication of this Decree, all ecclesiastical…
Saint Dominic de Guzmán‘s nine ways of praying
Students of Saint Dominic de Guzmán (1170-1221), the founder of the “Order of Preachers“, the Dominicans, observed that he had…
Saint Catherine of Siena in Rome
Agony at Rome I close the biographical book on one of the most well-known saintly women, which I have just…
Excerpts from the seven letters of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr of the ancient Church
Who was Saint Ignatius of Antioch? In 2018, as I was trying to figure out whether the Catholic Church –…
The case for “civil disobedience“: Henry David Thoreau, Saint Thomas More, and the prophet Daniel
The “anarchist“ streak in Henry David Thoreau “I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is…
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Excerpts from Saint Augustine‘s “Confessions“
Mother and son As we honor on the 28th August Saint Augustine (354-430), Doctor of the Church and bishop of…
Food recommendations with Saint Hildegard of Bingen
Certainly, life is “more than food“ (Matthew 6: 25), yet it also is not less. So today I’d like to…