Baptism and Hearing the Word of God

‘Ephphatha,’ that is ‘Be opened.’ And immediately the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly (Mk. 6:51). ⧾ At the...

Blessed Apollinaire Morel of Posat

Jean-Jacques Morel was born in a village in the proximity of Fribourg in Switzerland on June 12, 1739. He came into the world after...

Virtue and the Eucharistic Life

‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile them, but things that...

Listing to Heaven

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil intentions:  fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly....

The Late, Great, Saint Augustine

On August 28th, we celebrate with great joy the feast day of St Augustine of Hippo, the great doctor of the Church. This fourth and...

The Reckoning

After nearly six years of Liberal incompetence and corruption, compounded by long months of Canadian churches closed to prayer and worship, I consider that...

Father Marco Testa’s Series on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Compiled

A faithful reader mentioned that she had difficulty finding Father Marco Testa's wonderful, sublime, but also very pragmatic and a propos series on the...

Avoiding Catholic Syncretism

Throughout her history, the Catholic Church has always had to struggle to address controversial issues of all kinds, and what we are facing in...

Queenship of Mary

The 22nd of August of the feast of the Queenship of Mary, which this year falls on a Sunday, one week after the Assumption....

The Holy Mass Part VII: The Culmination of the Sacrifice

This Sunday’s reflection is the seventh in a series of meditations on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with specific references to the Ancient...