Fighting for Advent
Today, December 6th, is the feast of St. Nicholas: Bishop of Myra, patron of children, and great defender of the Faith against Arianism. Modern times have seen his memory distorted into the materialistic Santa...
Tagged: Advent traditions
It’s Almost Advent!
Have you ever made a spiritual Christmas crib during Advent? Even the smallest children gain fruit and momentum preparing for the birth of the infant Jesus with this devotion. This year, Finer Femininity makes...
Where All Men Are at Home
On Thursday the 22nd will be celebrated the feast of the United States’ one and only canonized saint. St. Frances Xavier Cabrini from Catholic Harbor of Faith and Morals gives a biographical sketch of...
Ero Cras
Imagine yourself transported from the Old World where Christmas was always richly celebrated with centuries-old Catholic traditions and for the full Yuletide to the glitzy United States of the 50s. Where did Advent Go?...
Catching Flies and Learning from Salmon
You have to admit, there are times when the thought of martyrdom is pretty appealing, and not just because of the spiritual benefits. Suffer a huge amount of pain and then it’s all over,...
When Men Lead, Women Are Best Cared For
St. Odo of Cluny Birth Without Fear’s “Mothering the Mother: 40 Days of Rest,” exposes the toll that the collapse of our culture has taken on birthing moms, from the medicalization of delivery to the...
