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by Brett Manero My fiancee and I recently re-watched a film that we originally saw earlier this summer. Pressure tells the familiar story of D-Day, Operation Overlord – Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France – albeit from a new perspective. Many people are at least vaguely familiar with D-Day: the largest amphibious invasion in history, a…

by Brett Manero Today in the Latin Church is the Feast of the Transfiguration, when Jesus Christ manifested His divine reality to three of His Apostles. The Synoptic Gospels – Matthew, Mark, and Luke – record the incredible event. The Gospel of John characteristically does not record, and understandably so. John omits certain events and…

by Brett Manero Today is July 4, 2026, exactly 250 years since the Thirteen British Colonies formally declared their independence from the British Empire. The world has never been the same since that fateful day. Some years ago, out of curiosity, I googled something along the lines of: “the most influential nations in history.” An…

by Brett Manero King Charles III of the United Kingdom spoke to the United States Congress yesterday, April 28, 2026. This was the second time the British sovereign spoke to the American Congress, after Queen Elizabeth II spoke there in 1991. It seems that the vast majority of Americans thought highly favorably of the King’s…

by Brett Manero This past February, my friend Ben and I made the trek to Florida from Denver, where we biked the coat to coast trail, which connects the east coast of Florida near Cape Canaveral to St. Petersburg, just west of Tampa. And what a trip! Not always the most easy one, but a…

by Brett Manero Something which has weighed on my mind for many months is this: we have forgotten about justice. We in the Catholic world have neglected what is so important to our faith and to a healthy society: justice. Without justice, there is no mercy. And mercy is the center and core of our…

by Brett Manero The Easter season is here: Jesus Christ has risen from the grave, death is conquered, salvation awaits us. And yet, why does life still feel so heavy? For a long time, Easter was my favorite holiday. It feels less intense than Christmas: there’s less pressure to purchase countless gifts, to deal with…

by Brett Manero There are some movie experiences where you leave the theater thinking, “Wow, that was an experience.” Some in my lifetime include The Dark Knight (2008), Les Miserables (2012), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). The most recent one, and maybe the greatest of all of these, is Project Hail Mary. For anyone…

by Brett Manero When I turned sixteen years old, my father looked at me, snapped his fingers, and said: “It goes like that.” “Sure, Dad,” I probably thought, somewhat dismissing his words of caution as the excessive worries of a Baby Boomer. Fast forward many years, and I just recently turned forty years old. Forty.…

by Brett Manero It’s amazing, and indeed shocking, how the state of the world can change so rapidly. The two-year war in the Middle East came to an end some months ago, only for another to begin in recent weeks. Isn’t it difficult to know who to trust in these situations? The regime of Iran,…