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Editor's Corner
Saint Lydwina of Schiedam and Suffering Joyfully
Saint Lydwina of Schiedam (1380 - 1433) was one of the many glorious ‘victim souls’ in the history of the Church, those whose lives are filled with suffering, often of...
Editor's Corner
The Hidden Grateful Holiness of Margaret of Castello
Margaret of Castello (+1287 - 1320) is the patroness of the unborn, the disabled, the blind, for she herself was 'disabled', even if she may never have thought of herself that way – she...
Editor's Corner
The Glorious Martyrdoms of Martin and Maximus
As we enter into Holy Week on this Passion/Palm Sunday, we recall on this 13th of April Pope Saint Martin I (+655), one of the noblest, if most tragic, of the successors of Saint...
Editor's Corner
Elon’s Efficiency, Algocracy and God’s Munificence
Efficiency is not in itself a virtue. It may sometimes help towards virtue, but in much of life, it is not efficiency that is called for, but munificence, profusion and prodigality.
In its strict etymology,...
Editor's Corner
Saints Sabbas and Julius: Contra Paganism, Pro Homoousios
There are two saints commemorated on this April 12th. The first is Saint Sabbas the Goth (+372), a sort of ‘village fool’, but the wisest of fools, a fool for Christ. He lived in...
Editor's Corner
Saint Gemma Galgani
On this April 11th, 1903 - the same year that the Italian Guiseppe Sarto was elected Pope later that summer as Pius X - a lovely, young Italian woman died, by the name of...
Nota in Brevis
Trump’s Thumb
Why would Donald Trump say the following after meeting with our current-and-hopefully-temporary Prime Minister, Mark Carney:
It was an extremely productive call, we agree on many things, and will be meeting immediately after Canada’s upcoming...
Editor's Corner
Jurassic Wolf
Well, they've finally done it. Readers of a certain vintage may recall seeing Jurassic Park in full theatre mode, and being blown away by nature run amok. Or, more to the point, Man's intervention...
