A True Fairy Tale
We have heard that “God moves in mysterious ways his wonders to perform,” a phrase that occurred to me as I listened to the...
Motets in Honour of Saint Patrick and Saint Joseph, Two Very Just Men
Arvo Pärt , an Estonian composer (born 1935, and still going - those hardy Estonians!), is known for his method of tintinabulli, which is...
O, Canada; Hail, Joseph
(From a few years ago, but still very relevant...) Ed.
Devotion to St. Joseph has deep roots in Canada. Of course we are familiar with...
Fourth Sunday of Lent: Siloam and Spiritual Blindness
Once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light – for the fruit of the light...
Mercy, Not Mutilation!
(Father Robert Weaver makes an intriguing analogy here, in the theme of not accepting 'who we are' before God, whether that be a different...
Christ Comes to Meet Us, To Take Away our Sins
As we journey through the beautiful season of Lent the Church has provided us with some magnificent Gospel readings. In the First Sunday of...
Third Sunday and Thirsting at the Well For the Water of Life
‘Give me a drink’ (Jn. 4:7).
The conversation of Our Lord and the Samaritan woman revolves around the gift of water. This request is presented...
Contra Cardinal McElroy’s Moral Muddle
In January, Cardinal Robert McElroy, one of the most recent Bishops elevated to the cardinalate by Pope Francis, published quite a controversial article in...
Trials, Purification and Transfiguration
And He was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white (Mt. 17:2).
On the second Sunday...
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...