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Editor's Corner
The Profound Peace of Assisi
I wasnāt quite prepared for Assisi, even if it was just what I needed. I suppose God works like that. When I got off the train in a place that looked something out of...
Editor's Corner
Florence: Art, Beauty and Truth
Firenze!Ā Even the name - at least in Italian - signifies energy, exuberance, enthusiasm. What is one to say of Florence in a few words? I spent but an afternoon wandering the glorious city of...
Editor's Corner
The Eschatological Message of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Around this time of year in the Office of Readings, or Lauds, we follow the travails of the prophet Elijah from the Book of Kings, his battle with the Ahaz, the false prophets of...
Saints
The Seraphic Doctor: Saint Bonaventure
(This year, I have the great grace of being in Assisi on the feast of this great Franciscan saint - more to say on that. For now, some words on Bonaventure, the āsecond founderā...
Editor's Corner
Le Sieci and Christ the King
I left off these reflections with my arrival in Florence, after the Purgatory - I will not say hell, for it had its end - of the overnight bus ride across the border. I...
Nota in Brevis
Saint Camillus de Lellis: Alea Iacta Est
A true saint for our times is the one we celebrate today - Camillus de Lellis (+1614) (we will follow the Canadian calendar, and for those American readers who would like to reflect on...
Nota in Brevis
Saint Henry and Cunegundeās Heavenly Rule
We could do with more leaders such as Saint Henry (+1024, 'Emperor of the Romans' and 'King of the Italians', the last of the 'Ottonian' line - descended from the Emperor of the recently...
Editor's Corner
Orange Day and Saint Oliver Plunkett, the Last Martyr of the Protestant ‘Reformation’
July the 12th is āOrangeā Day, celebrated still with fervour in Northern Ireland, commemorating the defeat of the rightful Catholic king of the Stuart line, James II of England and Ireland (and VII of...
