Saint Anselm’s Idea of God
“ontology” defined ~ the science of being
Some students are fortunate enough to have had a teacher who made all the difference in life. I...
Finding Our Way: Mass Ad Orientem, Towards Our Saviour
Have you ever been really lost? Lost to the point of having no clue which direction you needed to go? What would you do...
The Primacy of the Family, and Children
It has always been difficult for the homilist to preach on the feast of the Holy Family. In the old days, the priest would...
Conscience, Love and Law
There is much talk nowadays about conscience, freedom of conscience, good and bad conscience, yet with little awareness, from what I can tell, of...
“Joseph, the God-Possessor”: ὁ θεοπάτωρ Ἰωσὴφ
Recently I came across a show on YouTube called “Cuppa Joe,” which is a great show which centers around discussing topics in Josephology, the...
The Faceless Niqab
The recent ban in the province of Quebec on the niqab, the Islamic face-covering, when receiving 'public services' (reserved, of course, only for females)...
The Gift of Consecrated Life
The recent feast of the Presentation of Our Jesus Christ at the Temple, the child Who is truly the light of the world, is...
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...
God and the Five Senses
A priest I knew many years ago opposed to the move from Latin to English in the prayers and readings at Mass. “For,” he...
Walker Percy and the Modern Malaise
Walker Percy (1916-1990), born and raised in the South, was a member of that rare breed of southern Catholic writers. His grandfather and later...
