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Nota in Brevis
Novena to the Holy Ghost, Fourth Day – The Gift of Fortitude
Fourth Day
Thou, in toil are comfort sweet,
Pleasant coolness in the heat,
Solace in the midst of woe.
The Gift of Fortitude
By the gift of Fortitude the soul is strengthened against natural fear, and supported to...
Featured Highlights
Ascension and Novena to the Holy Ghost – First Day
In the Church universal, the solemnity of Ascension is on its traditional day, Thursday - so a blessed, if belated, and joyous one to all our readers - commemorating Our Lord’s return to heaven,...
Editor's Corner
William of Gellone and the Implacability of Islam
William of Gellone (ca. 755 - 812) had two phases to his life: He began as a warrior knight of the Carolingian era in France, and he was related to Charlemagne himself, perhaps a...
Reviews
Friedrich Ernst Fesca’s Hidden Treasure
For today's Sunday musical offering, here is the string quartet in C-minor by Friedrich Ernst Fesca (1789 - 1826), who deserves to be much, much better known. I only discovered him recently driving back...
Nota in Brevis
Upcoming Talk: Artificial Intelligence: Master or Servant?
For those in the Pembroke area, I will be offering a presentation and discussion this May 28 at 7 p.m. at St-Jean Baptiste Parish Hall, 500 Isabella Street, Pembroke. The topic is Artificial Intelligence, which Pope...
Nota in Brevis
Euthanasia in Britain, Canada Style
It's disconcerting when a former colony - Canada - deforms her mother country - Britain, like a son corrupting his father. As England debates legalizing state-sanctioned murder-suicide - euphemistically known as euthanasia, or 'MAiD'...
Editor's Corner
Victoria Day, Dominion and Ales
A happy Victoria Day to all our readers, when we celebrate the history of our Dominion, first as a French, then a British colony, under both crowns. For better or worse, the Brits won...
Nota in Brevis
Tolkien and Saint Brendan
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote much else besides Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit - he was an Oxford scholar, with many articles and essays and, of course, poems, including one on today's saint, Brendan...
