The Rosary’s Power
Bishop Hying
The rosary serves us as a profound Scriptural meditation on the lives of Christ and Mary. When we pray it, we are asking the Blessed Virgin ...
Status Quo or Something Different?
William
"Live in the culture, be a part of the culture, but don't be of the world."
"Live in the mainstream in order to reshape the mainstream." ...
The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple
Cream City Catholic
Is there a link between the beauty of Sacred Liturgy and the Gospel's account of the twelve-year-old Jesus in the Temple? How did the Churc...
The Triduum at Saint Stanislaus
James
Ancient prayers and ritual. Captivating beauty and mystery. Soft candle light and fragrant incense. Holy Week at Saint Stanislaus. There's ...
Awakening at the Tomb
EMR
You go to the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre when you want the real thing. What you can't find in Milwaukee you will get in Jerusalem. This ...
Triduum in Local Art
James
Milwaukee parishes house beautiful works of art that call to mind the events of the Paschal Triduum. Here are some examples.
Saint Jos...
Benefits of Confession
James
Lent is a good time to visit the Sacrament of Penance. Well, is there ever a bad time? No. But as I prepare for Good Friday and Easter, I try a bit harder to ma...
The Perils of ‘Relevance’
James
I just finished reading The Recovery of the Sacred by noted Church historian James Hitchcock. Published in 1974, Hitchcock's outstanding book argues for a recov...
The Paps that Gave Thee Suck
EMR
The Lucca Madonna, Jan van Eyck, 1436.
Does it make you squirm? Here is the Virgin Mary, the Madonna, Our Lady -- in a state of undress. Motherhood is well an...
Long Overdue
James
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Bowing to increased pressure from Catholics and victims of clergy and sexual abuse, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee annou...
Recovering Reverence
James
Worship, forms of worship, such as bowing the knee, taking off the shoes, keeping silence, a prescribed dress, and the like, are considered as necessary for a...
St. Joseph Chapel Video Tour
Adam Rivera
Jake and I had the opportunity to visit a stunning hidden gem, Milwaukee's Saint Joseph Chapel (1501 S. Layton Blvd., Milwaukee, WI 53215) on a recent weekend a...
Church Chatter
James
"Thus let the voice gradually cease to perform its function as the soul progresses towards Christ." ~Saint Augustine
With his latest book, The Power of Silence...
The Good Fight
James
Besides religion and morality, if there's a cultural "Gibraltar" in our gender-fluid era that's standing in the way of progressivism's march to victory, it's tr...
Scalia and ‘The Chosen Few’
James
For much of his life, Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was absorbed in esoteric questions on the minutiae of Constitutional Law. He was a brillian...
Continuity…or Rupture?
William
The words, look, and feel of Catholic liturgy have all changed dramatically. The old Latin Mass and the average contemporary Mass (novus ordo) seem to be ...