Stabat Mater

The way it goes at this point in my life, about half of my Catholic friends…

Tannhäuser, A Catholic Masterpiece

Tannhäuser, A Catholic Masterpiece I recently had the opportunity to attend part of Wagner’s opera Tannhäuser.…

Visibilium Omnium et Invisibilium

Always to some degree, but especially in family-less college, it is difficult to not see a…

“American Pie”: Our Great Lament

There’s a decent chance, when you hear “a long, long time ago,” that everyone will sing…

Et in Arcadia, Ego

Now in the Louvre there is a certain picture which the French call Les Bergers d’Arcadie.…

To Those Jesuits to Whom This Applies

This article is not at all against the Jesuits proper, but it is against a certain…

Adoro Te Devote

There is something very beautiful about not understanding beautiful words, pace boomers. It gives a sense…

Me Non Praetermisso, Domine

There are two images, or rather depictions, of the Lord that touch my mother like no…

Death Comes

Let us begin with the end: you, dear reader, will die. You will likely live anywhere…

One Church, Many Rites: The Anglican Ordinariate

I spent most of my childhood attending a church that maintained a fascinating juxtaposition. The Anglican…