In the rules of citation, there is a category of knowledge that never needs citations for evidential support, called common knowledge. MIT’s Academic Integrity handbook
If you wish to go to extremes, let it be in sweetness, patience, humility, and charity. (St. Philip Neri) The doctrine of DEI—Diversity, Equity, and
Our country is not very old. My maternal grandfather fought in World War I. His grandfather fought in the Civil War for the Michigan Infantry,
My parish just celebrated the Feast of Christ the King on Sunday, October 29, as first instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 on the
Corpus Dómini nostri Jesu Christi custódiat ánimam tuam in vitam aetérnam. Amen. [The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve thy soul unto life everlasting.
O gracious Lord Jesus Christ, I, a sinner, presuming not on my own merits, but trusting to Thy mercy and goodness, fear and tremble in
Our Lord never intended that we should merely learn by heart the Our Father and recite it day and night. No doubt it is very
Cleanse my heart and my lips, O almighty God, who didst cleanse the lips of the Prophet Isaias with a burning coal, and vouchsafe, through
May this incense, which Thou has blessed, O Lord, ascend to Thee, and may Thy mercy descend upon us. (from the Ordinary of the Mass)
Looking at the priest has no importance. What matters is looking together at the Lord. It is not now a question of dialogue, but of
Asperges me, Dómine, hyssópo, et mundábor; lavábis me et super nivem dealbábor. (Thou shalt sprinkle me, O Lord, with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed;
O Gracious Lord Jesus, I, a sinner, presuming not on my own merits, but trusting in thy goodness and mercy, fear and tremble in drawing
In principio erat Verbum … (John 1:1) In Irish, it is said: Cuimhín an tír na Manaigh (pronounced “quivin on tier na monig”), translated roughly
Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell me if you know it all. (Job 38:18) The birds gave us a clue. Yesterday, they
Once again this Advent, the sermons of Jesuit Fr. Alfred Delp published in Advent of the Heart (Ignatius Press) have deeply touched and challenged me.
Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were
With the arrival of cool weather, the season of festivals is about to close. They are quite similar: ethnic or specialty food, traditional dance and
We all had gone astray like sheep, all following our own way. (Isaiah 53:6) A home with a fenced-in backyard is a gift to families
It is with the smallest brushes that the Artist paints the best paintings. (St. André Bessette) You’re doing a big load of laundry but forgot
Birth control is the first important step woman must take toward the goal of her freedom. It is the first step she must take to
Woman has a genius all her own, which is vitally essential to both society and the Church. (Pope John Paul II, Angelus Message, July 23,
“Woman has a genius all her own, which is vitally essential to both society and the Church” (Pope John Paul II, Angelus Message of July