“It is not enough to be nice. You have to be good.” ~Sir Roger Scruton
The Clothes Make the Man
A few years ago I had the privilege of [...]
A New Look at Patience as a Virtue
One of my favorite spiritual writers is the 20th [...]
The Sweetest Hymn for the Sweetest Gift
If you page through a traditional Catholic hymnbook you [...]
The Inspiring Story Behind the “Praying Hands”
It is impossible to know from external appearances what [...]
What a Loving Brother Offered for His Sister
In 1910, a newspaper column carried the following story: [...]
The Extraordinary Heroism of a Chinese Mother
If you were to consult a dictionary for terms [...]
A Criminal Who Vowed to Become Ten Times Worse
A few years ago I met a woman named [...]
St. Peter Chanel’s Mission Was a Total Failure – Or Was It?
When the annals of effective Christian missionaries are written, [...]
A Tyrant and a Saint from the Same Small Country
Mother Teresa of Calcutta was largely known for her [...]
Seven Martyrs from the Heart of One Family
The Second Book of Maccabees, Chapter 7, recounts the [...]