Monday, December 15, 2025

Holy Thursday: The Institution of the Holy Eucharist

The most vital characteristic of our Catholic faith is not its external organization that has of late, thanks to Pope Francis, attracted the attention...

What is a Priest? Pope Benedict’s Final Exhortation

An excerpt to ponder, from Pope Benedict XVI's last Chrism Mass address to his fellow priests, back in 2012, less than a year before...

The Flame of Love: The Spiritual Diary of Elizabeth Kindelmann

Elizabeth Kindelmann (1913 – 1985), a poor, Hungarian mother of six children, and a lay Carmelite,  was widowed at the age of thirty-three. In...

Holy Week with the Saints

As Holy Week begins with Passion Sunday, we might turn to the saints, who can give us a helping hand during our meditation and...

Venantius and his Vexilla

Vexilla regis prodeunt;                    The banners of the king come forth; fulget crucis mysterium,                     brightly gleams the mystery of...

I Am the Resurrection and the Life: Fifth Sunday and Passiontide

‘I am the resurrection and the life…Do you believe this’? (Jn. 11:25-26). The fifth Sunday in Lent marks the beginning of Passiontide. We will now...

Beauty Bereft: What a Steam Tractor Can Tell us About our Culture

It is winter in Saskatchewan. My dad, brother, and grandmother came from Ontario back in mid-November to visit for the first time since I...

ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance – A Gift from the Greeks?

Cold Winds ESG is the fashionable kid on the corporate governance block, and the cause of plenty of buzz among thought, political and business leaders. ...

The Trudeau-Biden Trouble With Truth

“What is truth?” The famous question posed by Pontius Pilate to Jesus is operative in a unique way during Lent. It carries obvious relevance insofar...

Distinguishing Equalities

The third person of the unholy triad of the new religion is siamese and it is worth distinguishing between these twins since it may...