Knights’ Blog

“If the Magi had come in search of an earthly King, they would have been disconcerted at finding that they had taken the trouble to come such a long way for nothing. Consequently they would

It is the third week of Advent, a time of joyful expectation, and I find myself thinking about faith and scientific inquiry. Or rather, how God places himself and reaches out to us, wherever we

“Hear and let it penetrate into your heart, my dear little son: let nothing discourage you, nothing depress you. Let nothing alter your heart or your countenance. Also, do not fear any illness or vexation,

An early morning Rorate Mass where plainsong from the Book of Isaiah fills the chuch is truly a Eucharistic encounter. We await the coming of the Messiah made manifest on the altar as in Bethlehem.

Here is a a beautiful Medieval Advent song to help us set focus. It is called, Maria Walks Amid the Thorn, or Maria durch ein’n Dornwald ging.

Okay, I think we need to get this right this Advent as we look toward the cultural richness and beauty of Christmas.

Too many writers are publishing articles on the need for a restoration of the sacred by headlining or quoting the passage, “beauty will save the world.” Um… restoration of the sacred, the importance of the language of beauty — all yes! But beauty “will not” save the world. Here is why.

St. Nicholas Tavelic is a sterling example of a Franciscan Knight whose sword was the Gospel. Just when you think you’ve got a good handle on the calendar of saints another one comes to prominence

Martin knew long in advance the time of his death and he told his brethren that it was near. Meanwhile, he found himself obliged to make a visitation of the parish of Candes. The clergy

Excerpts from Cardinal Sarah’s book, ‘God or Nothing’… “While Christians are dying for their faith and their fidelity to Jesus, in the West, men of the Church are trying to reduce the requirements of the

This article a great reminder of our world today, the fractured heart of the Church which St. Catherine was sent to mend. http://www.catholicworldreport.com/2012/04/27/catherine-of-siena-and-leaving-the-church/ And so it is in our time, God is sending saints, like

In 1969, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger gave a series of five sermons over the radio. On Christmas Day over “Hessian Rundfunk” radio, he gave out his final preaching that carried with it a distinct prophetic tone.

In today’s Mass Readings we hear of angels urging Lot to take his family out of Sodom on the eve of its destruction (Genesis 19:15-29) and Christ rebuking the storm on the sea (Matthew 8:23-27).

Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in

  Apart from the usual seasonal highwater of summer marriages, there is certainly a lot of marching “for love” going on. And with that an increasing number of politicians clamoring to catch the love-wave for

Did you know St. Damien of Molokai was a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary which grew as a spiritual response to the ‘terror’ of the French Revolution? The

An excerpt from “Inventing the Crusades” by Dr. Thomas F. Madden. “One can never understand the Crusades without understanding their penitential character.” All the Crusades met the criteria of just wars. They came about in