Principium et Finis

Merry Christmas!      Yes, it is still Christmas: today is the 10 th  of the 12 Days of Christmas (which are, themselves, not the en...

  Happy 7th Day of Christmas! Antique Angel tree-topper at  Principium et Finis  World Headquarters        What with all this talk ab...

Coreggio's "Nativity" Merry Christmas! There are many wonderful, joyful, exuberant Christmas songs, and more than a few w...

( An earlier version of this Thursday Throwback was first published 16 December 2014 ) The future St.Thérèse (r) and her sister Paul...

(This Worth Revisiting Post was originally part of the Sunday Snippets post from the Fourth Sunday in Advent, December 21st, 2014. To enjo...

The Dalai Lama, anti-prayer warrior I was powerfully reminded recently of the old saying, “Never underestimate the power of prayer”...

     "O Magnum Mysterium" is an ancient responsorial expressing our wonder that the Savior of the Universe should come into our wo...

(This post was first published December 6th, 2014) “I do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their wor...

(As the post-Christian, post-modern insanity escalates on college campuses, it seems a good time to re-publish this Worth Revisiting this...

Brothers and sisters: Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near. H...