Karl Stern on Psychiatry and Religion
āOn the deepest, ontological level, it is true that where there is Neurosis there is something wrong with Faith, Hope, and Charity.ā Karl Stern
Karl...
Why Children (and Adults!) Should Learn Latin
Whenever the census in Canada rolls round, I suspect that I am one of the few people who, in the box where one reports...
A Meditation for Good Friday: How To Undo the Effects of Sin?
Cardinal Newman, now Saint John Henry Newman, was a towering figure of nineteenth-century Catholicism who is almost universally admired. I say āalmostā because not...
Saint-SaĆ«ns’ Danse Macabre
Charles-Camille Saint-SaĆ«ns (9 October 1835 ā 16 December 1921) was a child prodigy, some say even more so than the incomparable Mozart, developing perfect...
True-dope-ia
I had to wait a few days before writing on the election of Justin Trudeau as our new Prime-Minister-in-waiting, not least for the emotion...
Second Sunday of Lent: The Transfiguration
āThis is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!ā (Mk. 9:7)
On the second Sunday in Lent we always read the Gospel of the Transfiguration...
The Most Holy Trinity
He who believes in him is not condemned; he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name...
Independence Day: Freedom From, and Freedom For
In the United States, we once again celebrate the anniversary of our Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on July 4th. Our forebears...
Saint Isidore the Farmer and Rerum Novarum
Saint Isidore, or, in his native Spanish, Isidro de Merlo y Quintana, was named after the other Saint Isidore, the bishop of Seville (whom...
The Miracle on Assumption Day
Victory in battle does not depend on who has the largest army; it is the Lord's power that determines the outcome (1 Maccabaeus 3:9)
Presumably...
