Monday, January 26, 2026

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Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible. (Saint Francis of Assisi)

(I)f there is no ultimate truth to guide and direct political activity, then ideas and convictions can easily be manipulated for reasons of power. As history demonstrates, a democracy without values easily turns into...

Sunday, and Pre-Election Thoughts

A blessed and glorious Sunday to all our readers... Today's Gospel speaks of Christ's 'elect' - that is, His chosen, which in the end means those who choose Him and His truth - whose prayers...

Enlarge your desires, do not bear the yoke with unbelievers. The deeper our faith, the stronger our hope, the greater our desire, the larger will be our capacity to receive that gift, which is...

if a man is united inwardly with the Son of the living God, he also bears his likeness outwardly by his continual practice of heroic goodness, and especially through a patience reinforced by courage,...

Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among us, just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and...

Darkness and Pronouns

And thick darkness shall cover the land...The widespread blackouts in Manitoba and California - regions which otherwise share almost nothing else in common - signify our tenuous hold on what we call 'civilization'. Contrary...

Ignatius’ Bread and Canada’s Weed

Saint Ignatius of Antioch (+107) joyfully 'went to the lions', as the saying goes, meeting his martyrdom in the Coliseum, perhaps less than a decade after the death of the last Apostle, John the...

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