Fate, Determinism and Free Will
āAll theory is against free will; all experience for it.ā Samuel Johnson
In the normal course of our lives we assume we are able to...
The Providential Election of Pope Leo in this Month of May
(On this feast of Saint Matthias - whom we may see as the patron saint of good choices - here is a fine reflection...
Ode to the dishwasher Ā
(On this Thanksgiving morning, you might enjoy this wonderful poem from a Canadian mother, on the philosophy, nay, the very theology, of washing dishes,...
Lynn’s Resurrection
The significance of today's Gospel, about doubting Thomasācame home to me in a special way on 1 January 1975 when I was informed of...
Cardinal Mindszenty and Pius XII: A Lost Tale for All Seasons
(A fitting time in this Pentecost to recall with contributor Joseph Donnelly the all-too-forgotten JĆ³zsef Cardinal Mindszenty, the 50th anniversary of whose death in...
The Dark Side of ESG – Environmental, Sustainable, Governance
(On this eve of 'Earth Day' - if you've lost real liturgical feast days, as Robespierre discovered, you've got to make them up -...
The Nativity Fast in the āAdventā of the East
(On this memorial of the Eastern saint, John of Damascus, here is a reflection worth pondering on the ascetical practices of the Eastern rite....
Hollywood Combusts
I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that itās not the answer....
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...
True Christian Tolerance
In Lent we pledge ourselves to acquire virtue. The one, perhaps the only, virtue universally honoured today is tolerance. It is a useful Lenten...
