☧ Today is a day of great joy in the Church—our new pope has been revealed to us! I wanted to take a moment to reflect on my experience of the day’s events and of the events leading up to it. Although I’ve been alive for the last two times this has happened, this is … Continue reading Habemus Papam!
Pope Benedict XVI On Talents
The Gospel passage recounts the famous Parable of the Talents, related by St Matthew (25: 14-30). The "talent" was an ancient Roman coin, of great value, and precisely because of this parable's popularity it became synonymous with personal gifts, which everyone is called to develop. In fact, the text speaks of "a man going on … Continue reading Pope Benedict XVI On Talents
A Royal Insult
☧ Our topic today is Martin Luther, or rather his aptitude for insults. We know him from history class as the man who "stuck it to the Catholic Church" by nailing his 95 Theses to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and his teaching was the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. This … Continue reading A Royal Insult
The Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
☧ This time, we're going to look at one of the most powerful prayers of our faith, The Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel. The origin of this prayer is somewhat foreboding and gives us a clear picture of the urgency for our need to understand spiritual warfare. For those who may not know, or … Continue reading The Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
The Catholic Physicist 