Despite this Mass being noisier, it’s more quiet. After I had been attending the Latin mass for a period of time I had made this off handed remark to one of the parishioners without much thought. Many of the parishioners have large families with small children so crying and fussing … Continue reading →

There are types brilliance of various sorts. Brilliance that does not always correlate with a strictly intellectual endeavor. Oftentimes the brilliance one witnesses within art or music may not always be the most technically proficient but possesses a unity that makes it greater than the sum of its parts. There … Continue reading →

And Raphael said to Tobias: As soon as thou shalt come into thy house, forthwith adore the Lord thy God: and giving thanks to him, go to thy father, and kiss him. And immediately anoint his eyes with this gall of the fish, which thou carriest with thee. For be … Continue reading →

    The word demon is a loaded term and subject to both fascination and misinformation. Demons are a fixture in media from novels, to films, to video games. The evocative images of medieval artists are arresting and can’t be denied. The grotesque and hellish images of infernal creatures of … Continue reading →

The human person is made up of disparate elements. In our waking existence duality seems to come natural to our experience of life. Right and left, light and dark, up and down, in and out. At higher levels these distinctions are reconciled in a way that does not have the … Continue reading →