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Serving Catholics for 25 Years
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| Note from the Managing Editor |
Today, one of my students argued that when faced with any question, Christians will end up at only one answer — God. Therefore, to be unbiased, one should approach questions from an atheistic standpoint — and thereby be able to entertain other possibilities.
This is why I love the Catholic faith; we do not believe blindly. In fact, we are told to "always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you" (1 Peter 3:15).
We seek the truth and believe it, not because we are told to, but because it is true. As John Paul II wrote, "Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth."
And if God is who God is, then arriving at Him as the answer cannot be limiting. He is limitless. I find this proved true over and over again as I ponder the mysteries of our faith — there is always more to discover. Take these lines from this week's reflection:
"When we contemplate ourselves we are troubled, and our sadness saves us and brings us to contemplate God; that contemplation in turn gives us the consolation of the joy of the Holy Spirit."
How true is this to my experience, and what it tells me about God, who created us and knows that we work this way!
This Friday is the feast of Our Lady of Walsingham, and we have reprinted a beautiful article about her and her shrine. "It was popularly spoken of as 'England's Nazareth', and was looked upon as a little piece of the Holy Land in England." See "Our Lady of Walsingham."
Joseph's surgery was successful, and he is recovering well — thank you all for your prayers. And God bless you this week! - Meaghen Gonzalez
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"Push back against the age as hard as it pushes against you. What people don't realize is how much religion costs. They think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross." - Flannery O'Connor
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| Our Lady of Walsingham |
| A priest of the Ordinariate, CERC |
| The traditional story of Walsingham tells how, in 1061, during the reign of Saint Edward the Confessor, Richeldis de Faverches, the lady of the manor of Walsingham Parva, saw a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary. |
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| Beheading Hydra: The Slippery Serpent |
| Rev. Dwight Longenecker, Beheading Hydra |
| In the second part of the book, we will look again at the sixteen isms and learn the practical steps we can take to overcome them. |
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| The Cross Amid the Crisis |
| Mary Eberstadt, The Catholic Thing |
| Thinking about what to share today, one sentence kept coming to mind by novelist extraordinaire Evelyn Waugh. |
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| Antigone in a Nutshell |
| Joseph Pearce, Crisis Magazine |
| Sophocles is probably the greatest dramatist in the history of civilization, with the obvious exception of Shakespeare. |
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| The Talibanization of Thought |
| Theodore Dalrymple, Taki's Magazine |
| "Sometimes, doctor," a patient of mine once said to me, "I feel like the little boy with his finger in the dyke, crying wolf." |
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| Our Lady’s Seven Sorrows |
| Ignitum Today |
| One of my favourite devotions concerning Our Lady is “The Devotion of the Seven Sorrows.” |
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| Fear: a leading comorbidity |
| Catholic Culture |
| We all know that most Covid deaths involve “comorbidities,” with obesity and diabetes and high blood pressure among the most frequent culprits. |
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| Plexiglass Nation |
| Brownstone |
| This past weekend I traveled around a bit, hopping from place to place, getting to know the new America. |
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