Our Lord had sent the apostles into Jerusalem to prepare the Passover meal with explicit instructions about finding an upper room owned by a certain man whom he described in detail.

The child in the backseat asks "Are we there yet?" and the Psalmist pleads "Usquequo, Domine? — How long, O Lord?" (Psalm 13).

The feast of St. Philip Neri (1515-1595) falls this Monday, on the same day that the civil calendar memorializes those who gave their lives in the service of our country.

The singular and mysterious events surrounding the apparitions at Fatima in 1917, which will be celebrated on May 13, were deemed by the Church to be, while not essential doctrine since all revelation ended with the death of the last apostle, certainly "worthy of belief."

Many people are puzzled as to why anyone would or should get exercised over the issue of homosexual "marriage" because, when seen in isolation, it may appear to be a small matter that affects only a very tiny proportion of the population.

In all the accounts of the Resurrection, there is surprise.

Over the last twenty years, the political systems of the western world have become increasingly divided — not between right and left, but between crazy and non-crazy. What's more, the crazies seem to be gaining the upper hand.

The culminating evidence of sanctity is a joy that is not of this world.

To make a good confession demands prior preparation. The better the prior preparation, the more abundant the graces and the more overflowing the river of peace in your soul.

Our culture has become soft. We suppose that sex is too trivial to require virtue, yet we also believe it is so significant that to suggest any restraint upon its consensual exercise is an affront to the most important fount of human dignity.