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When platitudes fail
The one thing the moderns will not trust a man to do is to conduct his own life. - G. K. Chesterton, Abolishing the Ordinary
I have two books by Lord Baden Powell, the founder of...
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Freedom
Hence the domestic household is antecedent, as well in idea as in fact, to the gathering of men into a community. - Pope Pius XI (Quadragesimo Anno)
Families, be what you are. Pope John Paul...
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Pigeons and doves
Several years ago we were in New York City attending the ordination of a friend of mine, a red-headed Ontarian who is now called Fr. Juan Diego and belongs to the Franciscan Friars of the...
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The Rope Swing
Nobody knew where the rope came from. One Sunday morning after Mass in early spring, we found a thick rope hanging from an old elm tree in the front lawn of the church. Soon...
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The Rule of Law
“Why does each small thing in the world have to fight against the world itself? ... So that each thing that obeys law may have the glory and isolation of the anarchist.” - G. K....
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Altar Boys
I found an old picture of my father in an attic drawer. It was taken on the occasion of the St. Peter’s Altar Boy picnic on the steps of the Cathedral.  There are about...
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St. Patrick’s Fire
In our culture, the closest thing we have to a state religion is the worship of scientific knowledge, which is really just the worship of man. The scientific method is a good thing, perhaps one...
