Pope Benedict’s Last Holy Thursday
(Here is Pope Benedict's homily for April 5th, 2012, for the Mass of the Last Supper...one year before he made his own 'exodus' from...
True Love and Willing the Good: Is Love Kind and Patient?
An examination of the synonyms of love found in Roget’s Thesaurus provide an entry into today’s second reading, Saint Paul’s mini-treatise on love;
appetite, favour,...
Saint Joseph, the Model for Every Worker
On this Saturday, the First of May 2021, we celebrate the feast of St Joseph the Worker. This feast has a recent history.
In fact,...
Father Jonathan Robinson, C.O., Requiescat in Pace
Father Jonathan Robinson, C.O. the founding superior of the Toronto Oratory, has just gone to eternity, after a brief illness. Ordained in 1962, just...
Amoris and the Sacramentality of Marriage
How are Catholic couples meant to interpret Amoris Laetitia? When already a fog of confusion surrounds the question of whether or not the divorced...
Saint Anselm’s Idea of God
“ontology” defined ~ the science of being
Some students are fortunate enough to have had a teacher who made all the difference in life. I...
The Manly Virtues of Saint Joseph
The head of the Holy Family, terror of demons, and protector of the holy Church – St. Joseph – enjoys the rare liturgical feat...
Enneagram in Spiritual Direction: Paganism, Modernism or Valuable Tool?
Abstract
 Are you an “investigator” or maybe a “peacemaker’ or someone who would be known as a “helper” or “achiever?” Maybe you are the enthusiastic...
Rough Weather
(Below is a column from our archives, which pertains to some of the 'rough weather' tht has been visited upon many people of late....
Holy Thursday “Do this for a Commemoration of Me.” – Luke 22:19
Sermon by Rev. Msgr. Vincent Nicholas Foy (August 14, 1915 – March 13, 2017), preached at St. Francis of Assisi church in Toronto on...
