Sainte Marguerite D’Youville: A Poetic Retrospective
Sainte Marguerite D'Youville (1701-1771. Feast, October 16th)
I have to laugh when they call me a dangerous woman;
A woman of ill-repute; a drunken whore.
It’s true that...
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...
Caecelia and Music that Breaks One’s Heart
As the patroness of Church music, and music in general, Saint Caeceilia has her work cut out for her. A young virgin martyr in...
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)...
Review of “The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to our Brains”
If you are an average web-surfer, chances are you will spend about 10 seconds looking at this article. Those of you who stick around...
Our Wedding Garment
"My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?”
(Matthew 22:12)
I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down...
The Governor General’s Hubris and Anti-Intellectualism
On November 1, Governor General (GG) Julie Payette was a keynote speaker at the Canadian Science Policy Conference in Ottawa. She touched upon a...
Hollywood’s Sense of Sin
In a radio address on October 26, 1946, with the horrors of World War II still fresh (if such be the term) in the...
Hollywood Combusts
I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer....
Christ’s Sovereignity over all
How worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and divinity, and wisdom and strength and honour. To Him belong glory and...