The Hands of Joseph Trembled
The hands of Joseph trembled As he went about his task. Mary’s tale was strange and left A question he dared not ask. “The Child is of God Himself.” He knew Mary spoke the…
Tag: Catholicism
St. Gabriel Possenti and the Sanctity of Fighting
Familiarity breeds contempt, according to the old saying. Outside that, familiarity breeds something worse—complacency. Part of my own personal theory as to why Christianity has suffered a reversal of fortunes in the 20th and 21st…
Edmund the Martyr
“And then the heathens became madly incensed because of this faith, for he always asked Christ to his help. Then they shot at him with missiles, as if for their sport, until he was entirely…
St. Catherine of Genoa and Baron Von Hugel: An Encounter in Eternity
There of pure Virgins none Is fairer seen, Save One, Than Mary Magdalene. Gaze without doubt or fear Ye to whom generous Love, by any name, is dear. Love makes the life to be A…
Thomism and Its Place in the Catholic Church: A Historical Brief
Introduction It is not easy to define Thomism as an unequivocal school of thought because the various thinkers, who advocated it throughout its 700-year history, never identified themselves as members of a unified movement. Likewise,…
Brother Lawrence and the Fourfold Cure: Reflections on a Carmelite Mystic
~ by Sean Earner “You can not conquer God, nor an angel, nor a philosopher.” — From The Ways of Brother Lawrence by Joseph de Beaufort The coming of Easter is not just the…
I Have Called You Friends: Contemplating the Blessed Trinity and the Incarnation
The April sky was clear. The light of brother sun was shining over me while I walked in that man-made canyon between the Midtown Towers. I stopped on the sidewalk. A strange thought had suddenly…
Lydwine of Schiedam: A Saint for our Times
Living in the modern world, it’s easy to base our self-worth on our achievements. Whether because of celebrity culture insinuating that our lives are more worthwhile the more people know about us, consumerism suggesting that…
At the Light’s Edge
“I figured it was going to do something like this,” Benny muttered under his breath as he huddled next to a brick wall, trying to get under the eaves of the building as much as…
Maid of Orleans
Set your eyes upon this torture stake As the road to sainthood she must take The great Princes of both church and state Did bid her here to seal her fate To kill the life…