Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe. It specifically marks the conclusion of the current liturgical year - that is, it is the last day of the Church calendar for 2025 and marks the entrance into the Season of Advent in preparation for Christmastide. "The Kingdom of God is justice…
A Prayer for All Souls
Such is the timeliness of the Fatima Prayer for today's commemoration of All Souls, in particular we petition for, as taught by our Blessed Mother, to the three children at Fatima in 1917, the necessary graces to be given, through our prayers & intercessions, to all the souls in Purgatory..... O my Jesus, forgive us…
Commemtary on “Reclaiming Halloween: What Catholics Forgot”.
https://youtu.be/1zxHCPpth64?si=Y12kcwp73e3O5Dpz This YouTube video has got to be one of the best out there on unpacking the ins and outs of what Halloween ought to be a declaration of, and how its authentic Catholic origins can redeem it from the ghastly throes of secular reductionism. This video also demonstrates the fact that if only more…
Just How Utterly Amazing Is This!??
Commentary on The Friendship Between Cats and Birds - a YouTube short by AlacranFrayjo https://youtube.com/shorts/gsWQXuFXhtw?si=R1BLtyr2EV33dpCL This is none other than what St Francis of Assisi would be head-over-heels about! This just goes to show forth the awesome splendor of God's holy creation. We really need to take both mindful and heartfelt heed of such encounters…
Commentary on “Ep. 27 – Understanding the Church’s Battle Against Evil w/ Fr Chris Alar (MIC)”
Here is my commentary on one of Fr Chris Alar's YouTube shorts. The link to this clip can be found here: https://youtube.com/shorts/pYAUJLnkZ0E?si=bZRikcED4c4cRIsd Inasmuch as I love Fr Chris Alar, there are just a couple of points I would need to disagree on here. Yes! I agree that we are in an epic battle against the…
Sergei Kourdakov and Charlie Kirk: Why?
"So what did he do?" asks Fr Chris Alar about Charlie Kirk. "He wasn't a law-maker, he wasn't a politician...."¹ Of course, he was none of those but he was a simple but vocal campus crusader, an itinerant lay preacher who just so happened to ruffle a few too many feathers and ruffle them indeed,…
When the Wild West was Done!
Yep. It should have been over long ago, when the Wild West was done! And so, the fact that people in the U.S. never left their gun-savvy way of life back in the mists of history when the Wild West was done, was over with, was banished to the dust of a bygone era means…
The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Salvador Dali's "Christ of St John of the Cross" ¹ Today is the 14th of September and on this day we celebrate that which is called, in the Church's liturgical calendar, The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. This day is not only a day that is revered by the Passionist monks but…
Ruminations on “Pilgrimage to the Museum: The Hypercube” (continued) and Other Matters
Even though there was some matter of contention I had with Stephen Auth in my previous blog post on the dangers of smug indifference, I must come to the table and say that I couldn't agree more with him on the subject of how there is a pervasive spirituality that runs thematically through a myriad…
The Dangerous Banality of Smug Indifference
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-30/mixed-reaction-migrants-to-nationwide-march-for-australia/105711476?utm_source=abc_news_web&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_web Commentary Now, I want to draw your attention to something very important but unfortunately not acknowledged much or thought about next to nearly enough. There was a time in St Faustina's life when she was confronted by a vision so terrifying that it caused her to wonder what it could all mean in-full. We…
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