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Half-Baked Mission?
When I was a child, I thought like a child, but when I became a man, I put away childish thingsâŠ
These words of Saint Paul haunt me, for I still enjoy a number of...
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Muddling Emotionalism
Nero was given to fiddling while Rome burned, while we see what seems like a lot of muddling, as the Church faces perhaps her greatest existential crisis, and our own nation of Canada could...
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Cupertino’s Physics
To be hidden in God, known only by Him is a great treasure, which todayâs saint, the Franciscan Joseph of Cupertino, lived to the full. Amare nesciri, Saint Philip Neri would say, âlove to be...
Nota in Brevis
Bellarmine and a Few Good Men
We could use a few more men with the clear mind and soul of Robert Bellarmine (+1621), bishop, cardinal, doctor of the Church, Jesuit, back in the days when the Order was young and,...
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Truthful Repentance
Our Lady of Sorrows is a fitting memorial at this time in the Churchâs history which, to put things in rather banal terms, is interesting, during which times, as the Chinese proverb has it,...
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Chrysostom, Siloam and Hurricanes
Saint John Chrysostom (+407), an ascetic and contemplative monk who wanted only to retreat from the turmoil of life in the Eastern empire, was chosen first as a priest in Antioch, where he became...
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The Battle of Vienna and the Holy Name of Mary
September 12th commemorates the Battle of Vienna, the great victory in 1683 of the Christians armies, led by Jan Sobieski, against the Ottoman Turks who were determined to conquer the Austrian city, the gateway...
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Our Incarnational Faith
In the midst of the scandals and accusations, we should recall the great joys and blessings of our Faith, not least the gift of Mary, the sinless Mother of God, co-redemptrix of the human race, whose...
