“A Map of Life“, by Frank Sheed, Ignatius Press, San Francisco, 1994. Originally published by Sheed & Ward, London, 1933. 147 pages. I first heard of Frank Sheed, a 20th lay Catholic apologist while I was in college when a…
I was recently blessed with the opportunity to visit Yap, one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia. In my search for “the true, the good, and the beautiful”, Yap is solidly in the “beautiful” category. Yap…
Just what does John the Baptist mean by calling Jesus the "Lamb of God"?
The Spirit of the Liturgy, by Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Ignatius Press, 2000. Reviewed by Rey Dalisay. What is the liturgy? What happens during the liturgy? What kind of reality do we encounter there? So begins Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger’s book The…
A response to an editorial in the Pacific Daily News, August 15, 2014: Community needs to have frank and honest discussion on suicide Thank you, Pacific Daily News, for bringing up the topic in the wake of Robin Williams’s death…
My copy of the “Hartford Catholic Worker” arrived in the mail a few days ago, and its arrival reminded me of my time volunteering at a Catholic Worker community on Cass Avenue in St. Louis during my senior year of…
Pope Leo and the Neocatechumenal Way Pope Leo XIV’s address to the leaders of the Neocatechumenal Way, Monday, January 19, 2026. Cult or Sect? The Initial Phase of Catechesis Sacramental Issues The Scrutinies The Traditio Symboli stage Rene Girard and…
I’ve had a sneaking suspicion for many years that it was all about me, but I never was sure. Then I saw this sign: You see, it’s the silly season here on Guam, i.e. the election campaign season, and both…