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Editor's Corner
The Logic of the Sacred Heart
Today's solemnity of the Sacred Heart is of rather recent provenance as Church history goes. Although the full humanity of Christ, body and soul, was defined clearly in the first series of ecumenical Councils...
Nota in Brevis
Naked Desecration
Venerable Fulton Sheen said that one of the hallmarks of the demon was an inordinate love of nudity - that is, to flaunt what should not be flaunted, and a disregard, if not outright...
Editor's Corner
‘Love’ Isn’t Always Love
'Anti-hate' is all the rage, if one may excuse the mixed metaphor. The ‘anti’ of something is, logically, its contrary, and the contrary of hate is, of course, love.
But what are love and hate?...
Editor's Corner
Alberta Votes, and We Hope She Votes Wisely
The province of Alberta votes tomorrow, and, while not unduly influencing the democratic process – for do we not influence to some extent, even by prayer? – here are some thoughts.
The choice in Canada,...
Editor's Corner
Saint Rita’s Mission Impossible
A fitting thought on this vigil day of Pentecost is that nothing is impossible with God. Did not Christ promise that He would grant anything asked for in the name of the Father? As...
Editor's Corner
Musings on the March
The March for Life was in many ways, as always, a rousing success – thousands of zealous pro-lifers of all ages and all walks of life coming together to witness to the dignity and...
Editor's Corner
The Place and Purpose of Private Revelation
On this memorial of Our Lady of Fatima, it is perhaps requisite to say a few words about revelation - A reader wrote recently that Catholics spend too much time on private sort, and...
Nota in Brevis
Did de Niro Really Just Become a ‘Dad’?
Actor Robert de Niro, a septuagenarian on the cusp of octogenarianhood (he turns 80 in August) has just fathered a child. We may use that term advisedly, for ‘fathering’ implies something for humans it...
