A Meditation for Lent

Jewish rabbis have a useful word to describe the attitude of a believer to Sacred Scripture. The word is mashal, and it is used...

VIII Sunday and Seeking Holiness

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil;...

Verdict by Public Opinion

The topic The July 5, 2021 edition of The Globe and Mail carried an article with the headline “Amid the shameful residential school revelations...

Building a Culture of Life, Through a Return of the Family Farm

Truth confirms truth and the general truths of the Faith promote this particular truth that the complete citizen is a free man working upon...

Putting Covid in Perspective: A Reflection

(Even if one may not agree with everything herein - and who said we have to agree on everything? - this is certainly an...

Bach and Beethoven on Classical Guitar

Someone once said that there are few more beautiful sounds than a well-played classical guitar, and I must agree, even if I enjoy all...

Seventh Sunday and Forgiving What Seems Unforgiveable

I’ve been hearing confessions now for over fifty years, and I have noticed that there is one sin that comes up more than any...

If Ye Have Faith: Constructing Churches in Poland and Europe

“It is he who shall build a house for my name; he shall be a son to me, and I will be a father...

The Dethronement of Truth

“I am the way, the truth, and the life” ~ John 14:6 Dietrich von Hildebrand's The Dethronement of Truth is a collection of three essays...

Sixth Sunday: The Inimitable Joy of the Beatitudes

Blessed is the man who does not follow the advice of the wicked…but whose delight is the law of the Lord (Ps. 1).⧾ These are...