Making the transition from Thanksgiving to Advent can be jarring. Black Friday contributes to an ugly conspicuous consumption mentality. Many radio stations seem to be blaring Christmas carols. But it isn’t Christmas… yet. It’s Advent, a time of preparation for Christmas! Toward that end, here is some great Advent music to prepare by: Mozart: Benedictus [...]

Last weekend our city held its “holiday” parade, for which I volunteered my services. From my position in the staging area, I noted with interest that I saw not one entry in the parade that had a religious theme. If there were any churches participating with floats, I didn’t see them. There were plenty of [...]

DarwinCatholic has a Latin question. Oh boy! A chance to dust of my Latin dictionary and grammar! The phrase to translate: Populus Sion, ecce Dominus veniet ad salvandas gentes: et auditam faciet Dominus gloriam vocis suae, in laetitia cordis vestri. I set to work translating only to see that Rob F. beat me to it. [...]