Polycarp’s Late and Early Witness
Commemorating a simpler time in the nascent Church, today is the memorial of Saint Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, and a disciple of Saint John...
The Cult of Sentimentalism
“A sentimentalist is one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.” Oscar Wilde
Stuffed animals, flickering candles, cello-wrapped flowers, unfocussed...
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...
Good and Bad Fruit
Eighth Sunday Per Annum (C) March 3, 2019.
No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for each...
Frost and Fire: A Lenten Poem
To have the soul of a poet Lord,
To have one that feels to the depths.
The gaping wide hole in my soul Lord
The sadness and...
The Dilemmas of Atheism
“When the Son of man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8).
The following random reflections on atheism address what many...
Pope Paul VI in Praise of Women
A young mother lightly remonstrated with me about my diatribe on Women's Day, claiming that the post did not emphasize enough the positive and...
Re-Framing Pius XII
Disinformation, noun: false information spread deliberately and often covertly (by planting rumours) to deceive in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth. The English...
The Who, What, and Why of “Walk the Opeongo Line”
To set out
on a journey like this –
67 kilometres – just over forty miles, or a marathon and a half - of walking,
camping, praying, etc....
From the Desert
Nevertheless,
God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the
wilderness (1 Cor. 10:5).
These sobering words from our epistle...