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Quotes
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,...
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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...
Editor's Corner
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...
Editor's Corner
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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I am writing to all the churches to let it be known that I will gladly die for God if only you do not stand in my way. I plead with you: show me...
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All the wealth in the world cannot be compared with the happiness of living together, happily united (Saint Marguerite D'Youville, +1771)
Editor's Corner
Four Saints in One
We celebrate a veritable panoply of saints today: In Canada, we have the memorial of Saint Marguerite D’Youville (+1771), a lovely French Canadian mademoiselle, who married young to a dissolute man, Francois D’Youville, a...
Quotes
To have courage for whatever comes in life -- everything lies in that (Saint Theresa of Avila, +1582)
