Principium et Finis

     One of the many benefits of praying the Liturgy of the Hours is that we become very familiar with the Psalms, which comprise the cor...

The most beautiful music in the world was composed to praise and glorify God.  Here's yet another example, by Antonio Vivaldi.

Thursday July 3rd was the Feast of Thomas the Apostle      Welcome once again to “Sunday Snippets – A Catholic Carnival”, a weekly gath...

     A defiant group of Englishmen and Scots-Irish who were tired of getting pushed around made a formal announcement 238 years ago today t...

( This is an updated version of a post originally published on February 24th of this year )      I heard an atheist calling in to a Ca...

     There’s an interesting piece at The Catholic Thing  [ here ] by David Warren called “The Counter-Culture”. I find myself agreeing with...

     The Synod on the Family scheduled to convene in Rome this coming October is generating a lot of interest, much more so than such eve...

More magnificent sacred music by W.A. Mozart, giving Glory to God.

     Today is the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (either the fourth, or the fifth in many dioceses, Sunday solemnity in a row).  In a...

     Last Sunday (June 22 nd ) is usually commemorated by the Church as the Feast of Saints John Fisher and Thomas More.  As the 22 nd fel...