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Are religions long since obsolete? Does faith contradict reason and science?On the road to Santiago, a lively conversation unfolds between two very different travelers. They discuss fundamental questions: Does God exist? Aren’t religions long since obsolete? Who was Jesus really? And what does it mean to believe in him today? Amidst churches and granaries, the…
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With this text I am beginning a short series on the liturgy, and more specifically on the Holy Mass. My intention is not to speak about liturgical abuses, but rather to explain, in a systematic way, why I hold the Holy Mass in the so-called traditional form of the Roman Rite in particularly high esteem.…
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I’m sitting on the bus to León and the lady next to me is taking one candy after another to suck on while she’s talking on the phone at the same time. If there was even the slightest chance that she could understand me, I would scream out loud: FOR GOD’S SAKE, STOP THAT! Instead,…
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The Eucharistic Mystery Across Time and Space One stormy night in 14th-century Galicia, a priest in the small mountain village of O Cebreiro was celebrating Mass. His heart had grown cold; he no longer believed in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Yet one lone pilgrim still arrived — exhausted, soaked by the…
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We all set out on the road. Some say the journey is the goal.But without a destination, we often just go in circles – around ourselves. And if there’s no goal, why bother walking with honesty or love? Without a purpose, pleasure becomes the only compass. But what if the goal is real – and…