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Novena to the Holy Ghost, Sixth Day – The Gift of Understanding

Sixth Day  If Thou take Thy grace away,  Nothing pure in man will stay, And his good is turn'd to ill. The Gift of Understanding Understanding, as a gift of the Holy Ghost, helps us to grasp the...

Hope Abounds: An Ordination and a Wedding

I just returned from a hopeful weekend, which I thought would share with readers, from attending an ordination and a wedding, the new priest, and the bride and groom, all alumni of Our Lady...

Novena to the Holy Ghost, Fifth Day – The Gift of Knowledge

Fifth Day  Light immortal! Light Divine!  Visit Thou these hearts of Thine, And our inmost being fill!. The Gift of Knowledge The gift of Knowledge enables the soul to evaluate created things at their true worth - in...

William of Gellone and the Implacability of Islam

William of Gellone (ca. 755 - 812) had two phases to his life: He began as a warrior knight of the Carolingian era in France, and he was related to Charlemagne himself, perhaps a...

Friedrich Ernst Fesca’s Hidden Treasure

For today's Sunday musical offering, here is the string quartet in C-minor by Friedrich Ernst Fesca (1789 - 1826), who deserves to be much, much better known. I only discovered him recently driving back...

Upcoming Talk: Artificial Intelligence: Master or Servant?

For those in the Pembroke area, I will be offering a presentation and discussion this May 28 at 7 p.m. at St-Jean Baptiste Parish Hall, 500 Isabella Street, Pembroke. The topic is Artificial Intelligence, which Pope...

Euthanasia in Britain, Canada Style

It's disconcerting when a former colony - Canada - deforms her mother country - Britain, like a son corrupting his father. As England debates legalizing state-sanctioned murder-suicide - euphemistically known as euthanasia, or 'MAiD'...

A Brief Clip of Robert Prevost-Leo XIV

Intriguing to see the then-Father Robert Prevost, as Prior of the Augustinians, now Pope Leo XIV, play a brief part in this documentary on Pope Benedict XVI. We never know quite what the future...

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