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Editor's Corner
Parsing Pope Leo’s Plea for Peace
We will post the introduction and link to Pope Leo's sermon from Palm Sunday, petitioning in pliant terms for peace. May all those involved in the conflict in Iran, across the Middle East, and...
Reviews
The Two Passions of J.S. Bach
As we enter in Holy Week, it is fitting to suggest some solemn music to fit the season, here the two settings of the 'Passion' put to music by Johann Sebastian Bach. According to...
Editor's Corner
A Bad Moon Risin’
We're now into the second month of the Iran vs. America/Israel War - or whatever name one wants to give it, whether 'war' or 'conflict', or who's involved, or who might become involved, as...
Nota in Brevis
Bill C-9: Prelude to Persecution?
Well, it happened, as I suppose was inevitable, at least in a secular sense (from God' perspective, there's always hope). Bill C-9, the ironically named 'Combatting Hate Act' passed the House of Commons with...
Blogs
Three Musical Offerings for the Annunciation
A very blessed Solemnity of the Annunciation to one and all! This March 25th marking the greatest event in history - the Incarnation of the Son of God - goes back to the very...
Nota in Brevis
Two Great Bookend Popes on Saint Joseph
I think of Pope Leo XIII (the last pope of that name, who reigned from 1878 to 1903, after whom the current pope took his own title) and Pope Saint John Paul II (from...
Nota in Brevis
Proclamation of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church
Pope Blessed Pius IX declared Saint Joseph patron of the universal Church in 1870. This was sixteen years after the same Pontiff defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, on the same day, in...
Nota in Brevis
Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power
(The Liberals are fast-tracking Bill C-9 through parliament, which will make illegal 'hate speech', vaguely defined, and punishable by two years to life imprisonment. Specifically, the new bill seeks to remove 'religious exemption' from...
