HAVING A BAD DAY?
Try This!
July 28, 2024
Triolet A Poem by G. K. Chesterton
I wish I were a jelly fish That cannot fall downstairs; Of all the things I wish to wish I wish I were...Read more
ST. ANSELM'S MYSTICAL LIGHT
Reflections from the 12th Century
July 3, 2024
St. Anselm's Medieval Mysticism Spiritual Experiences from the 12th Century My soul, have you found what you are looking for? You were looking for God, and you have discovered that he is the Supreme Being, and that you could...Read more
MEDIEVAL MYSTICISM
St. Bonaventure: Raising the Mind to God
July 3, 2024
July’s Medieval Mysticism Fr. Frederick Edlefsen Long before Christ, kings were reckoned mediators between the gods and the realm. In medieval Europe, emperors and kings were “priestly” mediators of a Corpus Mysticum Christi (a Mystical Body of Christ), a...Read more
PATRIOTISM
Independence Day Reflections
June 25, 2024
Patriotism Independence Day Reflections by Fr. Frederick Edlefsen The United States is history’s only country founded upon a principle of “self-evident” and “unalienable” human rights. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they...Read more
