Fourteenth Sunday: Ite Missa Est!
See I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves (Lk. 10:3). ⧾
The commission of the seventy disciples to go and...
Quo Vadis, Quebec?
“If the Church were to be removed from the world, in a short time the world would end.” St. John Henry Newman
Twenty years ago,...
Till We Have Faces: To Niqab, or Not?
In an interesting turn of events, the niqab, the face-covering veil worn by certain Muslim women, has become a defining election issue in Canada. ...
Defining Virtue
In his Confessions, the brilliant St. Augustine tells his reader that he knows quite well what time is, until someone asks him to define...
Recognizing Baby Steps – Part 2
In a previous article of mine, Recognizing Baby Steps a news article was reviewed where it was reported that a pregnant woman in the...
The Birth of Our Saviour, the Light of the Nations
When the goodness and loving kindness of God our Saviour appeared, He saved us (Tit. 3:4). ⧾
Today, with great joy we celebrate the manifestation...
God and the Five Senses
A priest I knew many years ago opposed to the move from Latin to English in the prayers and readings at Mass. “For,” he...
The Flood, Arks, and Happy Monks
Fr. Scott Murray
A review of The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post Christian Nation
By Rod Dreher
Penguin Group USA, 269 pages, $34
After...
Catholic Teaching: Counter-Cultural and Necessary
(by John Baldino)
Many of the teachings, traditions and practices of the Catholic Church are in contrast to the beliefs, habits and norms of modern...
Our Brokeness and the Eucharist
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take...
