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Standing on My Head
“A scene is often most clearly seen when it is seen upside down.” G.K.Chesterton
The Real Presence and the Presence of Reality
In the wee hours when the mind is awake and pondering I kept thinking of all the artificiality, lying, deception, fakery and illusion in our world. The modern world seems increasingly to be a [...]
Love Your Enemy? Maybe Maybe Not.
Yesterday's first reading at Mass was the exciting story of David and Goliath. It follows the classic plotline of the heroic little guy who defeats the baddie with his secret weapon. The plotline of [...]
Facing the Lord or Facing the People?
There is a difference of opinion about the posture of the priest during the celebration of Mass. Should he face the people or face in the same direction of the people? Fr. Bus. a [...]
On the Use of Relics
One of the things non-Catholics find most objectionable or scandalous about the Catholic faith is the use of relics. "Why do you kiss the bones of dead people? Isn't that kind of creepy?" The [...]
Twelve Reasons Why the Magi Were Arabians not Persians
My book The Mystery of the Magi was published a few years ago, and in it I made two astounding claims: First, that the Magi really did exist. The story is not a fairytale invented [...]
The Liberals and the Literals
Conservatives like to bemoan the "liberals" but I like to bemoan the "literals". These are the Christians who insist on taking every aspect and word of the Bible literally. There are two kinds of [...]
