Pray for Canada
It’s getting darker out here!
No, your eyes do not deceive you. Nor does the steady drumbeat of depressing news confirming that, since the...
The New Populist Right and the Death of the Father
Cultural change generally moves slowly, and when we first take notice, we sometimes find that its roots are already firmly in place.
I clearly recall...
The Wisdom of the Theresas in Times of Adversity
To help us during struggles and challenges in life, Our Lord has given us the great Theresas: St. Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower,...
The Baptism of the Lord
A biblical text can become so familiar that we simply bypass statements that would ordinarily puzzle us. I’m thinking of an aspect of the...
And the Two Shall Become One: The Matrimonial Nature of the Holy Mass.
(In the midst of our troubled world, we must keep hope alive, and that includes a celebration of marriages, which is our most foundational...
Cardinal Stephen Langton and the Magna Carta
(A very a propos and providential piece by Carl Sundell, as we all have our own truculent and tyrannical 'King Johns' sitting on our...
Be Ye Perfect: The Seventh Sunday and Lent
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect (Mt. 5:38). ⧾
At face value, these words appear to demand the impossible of us; but...
Ontario’s Holy Lands
I come from the Holy Lands of Ontario.
These are the small towns in which the Irish settled over the 19th century, and built imposing...
The Dark Side of ESG – Environmental, Sustainable, Governance
(On this eve of 'Earth Day' - if you've lost real liturgical feast days, as Robespierre discovered, you've got to make them up -...
The Games We Play: A Reflection on Competition vs. Sacrifice
Games. Always playing games. Filling up the mind with plotting, and our heart’s surge crested with the thrill. Our little games, so all-important to...