Sunday, January 11, 2026

Charles Tournemire and L’Orgue Mystique

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, France produced a number of famous organist-composers, such as Louis Vierne, Charles-Marie Widor, Marcel Dupré, Maurice...

Bach’s Two Passions

A blessed and grace-filled Passion/Palm Sunday to all our readers. Johann Sebastian Bach, according to sources, wrote five 'Passions', orchestral chorales based the final...

Canada’s Ominous Bills That Would Make Orwell Blush

Over the past decade, Canada has slid from policing words to policing thoughts. What was once the domain of dystopian fiction, such as Minority...

Saint John Paul II’s Last Corpus Christi

MASS AND EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II Basilica of St John Lateran Thursday, 10 June 2004 1. "As often...

On the Lord’s Appearing: A Review

(From the archives, but always new, here is a review of an excellent book by Father Jonathan Robinson, provost of the Toronto Oratory.  A...

Credo in Unum et Trium Deum

Two creeds are in common use among us: the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed, which we use on liturgical occasions, and is a...

Frankenstein’s Creation

No mortal could support the horror of that countenance. A mummy again endued with animation could not be so hideous as that wretch. I...

God, Atheism, and Becoming Like Little Children

Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven (Mt 18:3). Though many of...

Recapturing Reverence for the Eucharist

The most vital characteristic of our Catholic faith is not its external organization that has of late, thanks to Pope Francis, attracted the attention...

The Message of Pope Benedict for Lent from 2010

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI FOR LENT 2010   “The justice of God has been manifested through faith in Jesus Christ” (cf. Rm 3, 21-22)   Dear Brothers and Sisters! Each year,...