A Primer for Our Lenten Pilgrimage
‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him’ (Mt. 4:11).
On Ash Wednesday we begin the observance of the holy season of Lent with...
Sunday Poem: A Riddle
The Professor loved to laugh.
Social propriety piqued him.
Practiced in the Grand Art of Comedy,
he was an untiring scoffer; an assailant on the dismal.
He knew...
The God of Love: Christ in the Song of Songs
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for...
D.I.E. – The Triad of a New Religion
Part III (b) – O Equity!
Aequitas in Perspective
With the division of labour, …which in its turn is based on the natural division of labour...
Musical Offering: Ecce Sacerdos Magnus
In honour of the new archbishop-elect to Canada's largest diocese, for our musical selection this week, we offer two version of the great motet...
Sixth Sunday – Fulfilling the Law
If you choose, you can keep the commandments, and they will save you… has not commanded anyone to be wicked, and He has...
Fifth Sunday: The Salt of the Earth and Light to the World
‘You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden’ (Mt. 5:14).
Imagine the astonishment of those who heard...
MAiD and Salvific Suffering
In 2016, two weeks after it was legalized in Canada, a patient asked for my help in referring her for Medical Assistance in Dying...
The Message of the Presentation
Are there passages from the Bible that frighten you, or at least make you think twice about yourself and your behaviour? Thomas Merton—a well-known...
Pope Saint John Paul and the Presentation
(In 1997 Pope Saint John Paul II declared this ancient feast of the Presentation - also known as Candlemas - as the World Day...