Thursday, January 15, 2026

Against the Smears: In Defence of Charlie Kirk’s Legacy

Charlie Kirk’s assassination on September 10, 2025, shook the conscience of the world. A young man, killed in broad daylight, was a campus speaker...

Sunday Musical Offering: Jean Mouton’s Nesciens Mater

Jean Mouton (1459 - 1522) was a French priest, canon and, like Vivaldi (also ordained), a prolific composer, well ahead of his time in...

PTSD, Violence and Responsibility

Another day, another shooting, this time on American soil, at Fort Lauderdale International Airport. Details are still forthcoming, but the alleged perpetrator is a...

The Magi’s Epiphany

The Gentiles have become fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers in the promise in Christ Jesus through the Gospel (Eph. 3:6). Our...

Healing the Blind, That We All May See

Although we have been dispensed from attendance at Holy Mass because of the pandemic, it would be good to read the lessons of the...

Fell On A Black Day: A Reflection on Chris Cornell’s Suicide

Chris Cornell, the frontman of the Seattle grunge rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave was declared dead on May 18.  According to later developments throughout...

Saint Juliana of Cornillon and the Institution of Corpus Christi

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Wednesday, 17 November 2010  Saint Juliana of Cornillon Dear Brothers and Sisters, This morning too I would like to introduce a female figure to you....

Christ the King

An Irish bull is a statement that is, strictly speaking, illogical and yet whose meaning is somehow clear. Yogi Berra, a baseball player of...

Easter, Atonement and the Mystagogy of Our Faith

These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you – that everything written about me in the Law...

The Devil Inside

On November 22nd, 1997 – the memorial of the patroness of music, Saint Cecelia - the lead singer of the 80’s rock band INXS,...