The Blessings of Monotony
(As we all enter back into our 'ordinary' routines after Chrismas holidays, it is good to reflect upon the blessings of monotony, upon which...
Apostasy in Shusaku Endo’s Silence
A recent article in First Things by J.D. Flynn reflects upon Shusaku Endo’s 1966 Japanese novel Silence, now being released as a film directed by Martin Scorcese (which...
A Christmas Poem, by G.K. Cheserton
There fared a mother driven forth
Out of an inn to roam;
In the place where she was homeless
All men are at home.
The crazy stable close...
A Reflection for Christmas: God, Truth and Love
As Christmas rolls around this year, try not to be swept up with the hoopla of consumerism and economic materialism. In our day and...
Canadian Pot Heads
Next spring, Trudeau, the only sitting Member of Parliament ever to admit to smoking a joint (and hence breaking the law), along with his...
The Modern Family and Their Tragic Children
Following upon my post the other day, on the young woman who drowned her newborn, and was let off with more or less a...
And Thy Word Broke Their Swords: The Empowering Depth and Dimension of Advent...
There is more to Advent and Christmas than just waiting for and celebrating Christ's birth. It serves as the beginning of an epic, and...
Sam alone Stands Against the Leviathan
Well, I must eat some of my words about the newly-minted nineteen-year old Member of Provincial Parliament, Sam Oosterhoff, here in Ontario, and I...
Cultural Divides
You may have read a couple of weeks or so ago of a Montreal housing complex here in Canada that was until recently moving...
To Be a Pilgrim: Thanksgiving as a Pilgrimage
Thanksgiving, for most people here in America, is something of a precursor of Christmas that initiates a deluge of holiday hits playing ad...