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Editor's Corner
Four Spaniards and a Saint?
On March 12th, 1622, Pope Gregory canonized Philip Neri, along with Ignatius Loyola, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Avila and Isidore the Farmer - or, as the Oratorian joke goes, 'four Spaniards and a saint'....
Featured
Byrd’s Ne Irascaris Domine – Be Not Angry, O Lord, Forever
For our Sunday musical offering this week, we present William Byrd's sublime setting of the Lenten motet Ne Irascaris Domine, in four parts, first published in 1589. The text is taken from Isaiah 64:10,...
Nota in Brevis
Bill C-11 – Totalitarian Censorship of, well, Everything
Bill C-11 is a piece of government legislation designed to limit - that is, censor - 'hate material' on the internet and, as is the case for most such proposed laws, has metastasized from...
Quotes
It is the main earthly business of a human being to make his home, and the immediate surroundings of his home, as symbolic and significant to his own imagination as he can. (G.K. Chesterton)
Quotes
Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of...
Articles
Loving Your Home
Sometime contributor to these pages, Rebecca Jacobson - and her own Mum - have a delightful and quite lovely blog, lovingyourhome, which is well worth checking out: reflections, remedies, wisdom and good advice for...
Quotes
If someone wishes to love himself he must not allow himself to be corrupted by indulging his sinful nature. If he wishes to resist the promptings of his sinful nature he must enlarge the...
Quotes
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.” (Anonymous)
