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The Holy Rosary Through the Visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich
Compiled and edited by Fr. Mark Higgins
Catholic Way Publishing, 2019
ISBN-13: 978-1-78379-510-9
Paperback CDN$13.08 on Amazon.ca
In modern-day Marian apparitions, Our Blessed Mother repeats her urgent message: pray, fast, make reparation for the sins committed against the...
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The Physical Effects of the Scourging and Crucifixion of Jesus
Much has been written about the physical and psychological effects of the crucifixion of Jesus, often by surgeons, psychiatrists, and other doctors. While well-intentioned, the writings have largely been inaccurate by forensic standards and...
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Book Review: As We Worship So We Become: Meditations, Prayers and Devotions to the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar
Rev. Marco Testa, As We Worship So We Become: Meditations, Prayers and Devotions to the Most Holy Sacrament of The Altar: 2023.
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass strengthens us to live Eucharistic lives of...
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The Flame of Love: The Spiritual Diary of Elizabeth Kindelmann
Elizabeth Kindelmann (1913 – 1985), a poor, Hungarian mother of six children, and a lay Carmelite,  was widowed at the age of thirty-three. In the first chapter of her Spiritual Diary, she wrote about...
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MAiD and Salvific Suffering
In 2016, two weeks after it was legalized in Canada, a patient asked for my help in referring her for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). As a registered nurse visiting the sick and the...
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Trudeau’s MAiD Service: A Euthanasia Program for Canada
The development of the laws that legalized and continue to expand assisted suicide and euthanasia in Canada reflect the speed at which society increasingly devalues human life. Since first becoming legal on June 17,...
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Eight strategies for a Calm, Fruitful Advent
(From the archives, but still relevant today, as we enter into the preparatory time of Advent. Strive as you might to keep Christmas until Christmas. After all, it's that for which we are preparing....
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Caveats, Conscience, but in All Things, Charity
Before a reflection from long-time contributor Terry McDermott, a health-care worker, a few words from your friendly neighbourhood editor:
The Covid vaccine is, to put it mildly, a controversial topic, on which both society...
