Miraculous Waters: A Troubadour's Link to Lourdes
The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes is close to the heart of The Traveling Troubadour. His grandmother was originally from the area around Bize and Pau in the Southern Pyrenees region of France,…
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Sven Stolpe: The Swedish Waugh
There aren’t very many well-known Swedish Catholics. The most famous is probably St Birgitta (as a Swedish St Birgitta scholar insists we should call her, to distinguish her from St Bridget of Kildare).…
Like Unto Kings: The Three Magi and the Sacrétemporal Worldview
When Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Judah, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He that is born King of the…
Queen of Heaven
Queen of heaven, show us the path we must follow And crush the serpent’s head below Protect all men, women, and children Guide us to your Son, Queen of heaven - We are weary, toiling…
Faith and Fantasy: Tolkien the Catholic, The Lord of the Rings, and Peter Jackson’s Film Trilogy
Note: This article refers to important, even climactic plot points in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings necessary to this overview of the spiritual significance of Tolkien’s work. If you haven’t read the books…
Advent Rosary
Dark Advent is a silent waiting time When autumn chills into pale, year-end days And joy seems smothered by hard-frosting rime: Cold is the debt that spring to winter pays The seasons link to…
The Window of St. Mary’s
September shouldn’t be this hot, Harris Sine thought to himself, mopping his brow with a wrinkled and rather poorly treated handkerchief which he pulled out of the left pocket of his coat. That garment…
For the Poor Souls Today: Praying with the Communion of Saints for the Holy Souls
There are numerous canonized saints of the Church and countless others among the faithful who have gone before and now number among the blessed communion of saints. They intercede in union with our prayers…
Holiness Through Humility: A Lifetime Journey with the Saints
Saints and sinners are far from occupying opposite ends of the moral spectrum. The greatest saints saw themselves as the greatest sinners, and that paradox is what made them the greatest saints. Humility is…
Where Your Treasure Lies: A Spiritual Reflection on an Election Year
This election cycle, Catholic Americans are presented with the hair-raising choice between Hillary Clinton, who has a long history of supporting non-negotiables of the Catholic life ethic in addition to other rather shady…