+St. Boniface+ By the time Jesus' Public Life began, ancient Rome had achieved an uneasy truce with the Jews, more out of necessity than concession. The Assassins, a faction of the Jewish sect known as the Zealots or Sicarii, were particularly dedicated to wreaking...

Introduction Holy Scripture tells us there is nothing new under the sun, and Catholics would do well to ponder the wisdom of this passage: “What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done. Nothing...

+St. Robert Bellarmine+ This post will examine why the commentaries on Antichrist in Daniel and the Apocalypse are not always as helpful as they could or should be. Most of the theologians who commented on the Apocalypse were forced to address issues owing to the...

He is Risen. Alleluia. Please forgive the belated greetings; I have been away from my computer for a while. And although every Christian being must rejoice in Our Lord’s Resurrection and triumph over death, it can only provide us with a brief interlude in our...

+Palm Sunday+ I have promised a reader I would provide the necessary resources on preparing for the care and eventual death of loved ones who are Catholic. Having experienced such deaths twice now in a 14-month span I am more conscious than ever of how essential this...

Larry Kent Benns July 25, 1951-March 1, 2021 A quiet and unassuming man with countless talents and abilities left this life March 1 and will be sorely missed and cherished always by his loving wife and four children. Larry Kent Benns was born July 25, 1951 in Denver,...

+St. David+ Sorry about my long absence from this blog. Just know that when I don’t post weekly, family obligations have intervened. I will try to post shorter pieces more frequently when I am able. I am REALLY tired of all the CCP virus nonsense we keep being fed,...

+St. Peter Nolasco+ “Our Lady of Mercy, ransom the captives, deliver us from all sin and from the bondage of the evil one!” In these present times, it is difficult to know what exactly to say or do and especially, what to believe regarding the legitimacy of the rulers...

+Mary ChristMass and a blessed New Year!+ Introduction This ChristMass will be one that American Catholics will not soon forget. Communist and third-world countries have long seen the unrest we are now experiencing but never in this country have we seen such chaos and...

+Feast of the Immaculate Conception+ Now that we have entered the season of Advent and are preparing for the birth of Our Lord, I have been thinking about the feast of some 14,000 Holy Innocents, and how their martyrdom mirrors in many ways the situation in which we...