The Guild Review

Today the Church recalls the coming of the Magi to adore the Christ Child. We know little about who they were or the nature of their journe...

In Canto 7 of Dante's Inferno , the narrator and his guide, Virgil, descend deeper into Hell, encountering the avaricious and profligate...

Long-time readers of the blog will know that St. Boniface is very dear to me .  (He even gets a mention in the acknowledgement's of m...

Grant us, O merciful God, that with St. Bernadette, meek and humble, we may walk in the path of conversion, serve the poor and the...

God, our Father, You willed that St. Joseph, Spouse of the Virgin Mother of God, should adore his Redeemer in a humble stable a...

St. Scholastica and her twin brother, St. Benedict. Looks rather mischievous, doesn't she? Then again, she did pray for a storm to...

Observant readers will notice that there have been a lot of liturgical commemorations here at the Guild Review, from the season of Advent to...

Gracious God of majesty and awe, Who made the bishop Ambrose a exemplary teacher of the Catholic faith and a model of apostolic co...

O God, Who crowned the innocence and holiness of the virgin Cecilia with the wreath of heroic martyrdom and consoled her with t...

Regular readers know Francis and Clare are popular around here . Happy Feast of St. Francis, who so earnestly strove to be like Christ in ...

Everlasting God, You wonderfully ordered the ministries of angels and mortals, and sent the archangel Michael, bearer of the ban...

Inspired by recent events here in Charlottesville and by this article by Marc Barnes , I've been convinced ever more of humanity's n...

"Brother Leo, what do you think I saw reflected on the water down in that well?" "My Father Francis," said Brother L...

God of Love, in Sts. Louis and Zélie You have provided an exemplary model of married love, evangelical virtue, and unwavering tr...

In 1954 a joint resolution of Congress added the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.  Among those pushing for this addi...

This morning I published a reflection on the Annunciation and what it means that its celebration, also known as Lady Day, falls during Lent...

The Annunciation, by Matthias Stom Tomorrow, Saturday 25 March, is the Solemnity of the Annunciation, traditionally known as Lady Day....

My favorite lines from any hymn come from "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing": Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see / Hail the incarnate De...

A Child of the Snows There is heard a hymn when the panes are dim, And never before or again, When the nights are strong with a darknes...

Husband, father, scholar, statesman, martyr. "Often it happens that just as a lot of foolishness is uttered with ornate and polish...