19th Sunday and Finding the Wisdom of the Cross

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according...

Saints Edith Stein and Maximilian Kolbe: Witnesses to Hope

The philosopher and Carmelite Edith Stein (Saint Teresa Benedicta a Cruce was her name in religion), and the Franciscan priest Maximilian Kolbe were put...

The Strength of the Transfiguration

So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a...

Benedict and Saint Ignatius

(Excerpt from an address given April 22, 2006 ) St Ignatius of Loyola was first and foremost a man of God who in his life...

Solomon’s Demise and Christ’s Cure

When we hear that someone was “born with a silver spoon in his mouth” we think of a man being born into much wealth...

Seventeenth Sunday: Choosing the Highest Good

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and...

Pope Benedict and Martha’s Way

BENEDICT XVI ANGELUS Courtyard of the Papal Residence, Castel Gandolfo Sunday, 18 July 2010   Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are now in the heart of summer, at least in...

Quo Vadis, Quebec?

“If the Church were to be removed from the world, in a short time the world would end.” St. John Henry Newman Twenty years ago,...

Parents Take Note: Recent FDA Ruling Means Minors Will be Able to Pick up...

(Even in Canada, ahead of the curve into the descent into amorality in so many other ways, you at least still need a prescription...

The Enigma of Parables

It is odd to find an explanation of a parable, given that its purpose is to tease the imagination, inviting the hearer to uncover...