To Thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.  Behold as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters, as the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us.  Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt.  For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud." (Psalm 122) The attitude of equality is everywhere.  It is "socially correct". But equality quickly becomes tyranny.  The heads come off to make everyone equal.  Fo ..read more

Creation is a dazzling display of divine meaning and mystery.  Through the truths of nature, man can find God. Grace directs the movements of the soul to the essence of God: which is charity.  Charity is the final and perfect good.  Charity is the friendship of man for God, warming our souls and those closest to ourselves.  With it's blessing, every man and culture is made Sacred.  Today most men are not in a state of grace.  Our souls starve and die.  The world becomes a place of pagan sensuality and charity flees.  Man is severed from his spiritual nature, making him incapable of perce ..read more

Adoration of the Magi, Juan Antonio de Frias y EscalanteOur Lady is an admirable and singular creature, without whom the world would be isolated in sin.  Indeed, she is the Mother of Divine Grace. The Litany of Loreto is full of charming phrases that lift us to another realm of understanding: Mother inviolate, Queen of Angels, Queen of Patriarchs, Mirror of Justice, Seat of Wisdom, Cause of our Joy, Spiritual Vessel, Vessel of Honor, House of Gold, Ark of the Covenant, Gate of Heaven, Morning Star, Queen of families...  She participates in our redemption to the point that she is called the ..read more

We live in the age of narcissism.  We idolize celebrities, resort vacations, Fifth Avenue brands and outlandish entertainment.  We employ get rich quick schemes, mortgages, credit cards, cosmetic surgeries and drugs. Smartphones let everyone access the self-centered utopia. In this divine world of yoga classes and environmentally ethical products, exotic health food and life therapy sessions, who can we blame for our continued unhappiness?  We are tempted to scapegoat our parents and history.  But we believe that with enough self-care and human rights we can overcome the problems of man ..read more

God is real.  We look up at the stained glass windows and see truth, goodness and beauty.  We see virtue, we see grace. There is an absolute majesty of being Catholic.  It is the lifestyle that does not grow bitter or exhausting.  Because every time that we would give up, we are given a grace to persevere.  Our Creator will not abandon us. Life is not a re-enactment, a play or a religious game.  If we actually believe in the reality of God, we see grace everywhere.  We look for God's providence and the right order in every situation. This goes the other way too: how can we participate in ..read more

Can you be feminist and pro-life?  Many pro-lifers say yes. In Genesis God created woman in her nature and before the fall as the wife of man.  St. Thomas described woman as "the end of man".  Man was commanded to love his wife even as his own body.  So men built castles around their families and defended them.  The Christian world venerated the Sacrament of Marriage and motherhood was an essential truth; valued, adorned and loved. Feminism began by giving women the right to vote.  Feminists fought for admission to colleges and better employment.  In the early twentieth century most public ..read more

Screens starve our souls of the grace of silence.I like to think at night while the children sleep contently and the house recovers from battle. It is easy to loose ourselves in the godless hysteria of our times.  There is so much filth out there on TV, internet and social media.  Everything is commercialized to serve insane secular demand.  But it is all so fake, so unnatural and so empty. In the silence our souls begin to reawaken. When we shut off the bombardment of filth and dare to stand with all that stripped away, then we see our true situation. For many people this causes anxiety ..read more

We now have another blessing from God. Hedwig Anna born October 17, 2019 ..read more

They are very attached to a soft romantic lifestyle. "What is life?  It has been given that we may work and merit heaven." I memorized that statement thinking it sounded so depressing. There are people who live this motto, with petty works and a legalistic heaven.  They choose to exist in a bubble of predestination, with everything safely labelled "Christian".  They are very attached to a soft romantic lifestyle. Although we desire salvation, we live in the material world.  Sanctity is to glorify God.  We must not wait for heaven to glorify Him, but in every thought, word and action we c ..read more

We see signs like "Love them both," and wonder, if mother and baby are both victims, who is responsible for the death of the child?The March for life 2020 attendees agree on one thing: abortion is murder. Murder is against the fifth commandment: thou shalt not kill.  Yet we see signs like "Love them both," and wonder, if mother and baby are both victims, who is responsible for the death of the child? Do we blame the pressure of a selfish world or the obscurely oppressive "patriarchy"?  Women are turned from murderer to victim in an instant, just by waving the badge of being female.  They are ..read more