It is Christmas time. Sometimes we have to spend these days in the hospital. Sometimes in bed, with the thermometer and piles of medicines. Sometimes we have to spend these days away from home. Or in solitude. Sometimes we have…
It is common to regard Christmas as a time of family gatherings, gift giving, and traditions. Today, we often regard Christmas as a moment of fellowship and harmony. But for the people of 1914, Christmas was far from those things….
The last light in the nativity scene has been turned on. The room is dimly lit. Blue and yellow sparkles glitter in the building’s windows. There’s just the reflection of a silver foil river, which runs through the fields, and…
Some years ago, I took a daytime train trip from London north to Edinburgh, Scotland. I particularly enjoyed the journey as a devotee of English-European literature and history. Because I knew that unlike any route in my much younger country,…
The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come,…
The president-elect has set an ambitious agenda for his first day in office: planning to cut federal funding for “gender-affirming” health care, deport illegal immigrants, impose tariffs, and expand oil drilling. I would like to add one more to the…
Something beautiful happened last week. The bells of Notre Dame rang for the first time since a terrible fire consumed the magnificent cathedral, originally completed in 1260 for the glory of God, five years ago. To a poetic mind, the…
On Oct. 16, 1978, the cardinal electors of the Roman Catholic Church elected Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla to sit on the Chair of St. Peter. Wojtyla took the name Pope John Paul II, having succeeded John Paul I, who died…
You were probably unaware that there was anything of note going on at the Vatican this month. Even if you’re a diehard Catholic interested in the inner workings of Church politics, there’s enough going on in the wider world to…
It looks like Kamala Harris and Tim Walz want God on their side this election. Does that surprise? After all, this is the party that made its bones as an anti-God party and even booed God at one national convention….
