Monday, December 1, 2025

When I Die, Do I Want to Be a…Tree?

This phrase recently appeared in the Ottawa Citizen in an article on the greening of death, a quote from Susan Koswan, a Waterloo writer...

Good Friday

One of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out. He who saw this has testified...

July and the Most Precious Blood

Traditionally, the month of July is dedicated to the Precious Blood of Jesus. Hence, before entering into the reason why this is so it...

Thirteenth Sunday: Accipe Crucem Tuam!

ā€˜Whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me’ (Mt. 10:38). ā§¾ The whole content of the gospel at...

Obama’s Second Opus

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. -Ā Abraham Lincoln It...

In Search of Inner Peace

As we enter into these last few days of Advent, with the last candle of the wreath soon to be lit, the atmosphere is...

Echoes of Holiness: The Relics of Saint Andrew Bobola

(Pope Saint John Paul II had a great devotion to Saint Andrew Bobola, and venerated his relics - fitting on this twentieth anniversary of...

The Plenary Indulgence of the Portiuncula, or, Our Lady of the Angels

On Monday 2 August the universal Church celebrates what is called The Pardon of Assisi.Ā This great feast, which ranks as a solemnity within the...

For the Sake of One Iota

There are times when one word, even one letter, can make all the difference.Ā  The scene is June of 325, in the basilica of...

Two Roads Diverged, But They Both Lead Back to the Basics – and to...

To a scientist—an honest one—the term disruptive is one of approbation. It means something’s been discovered or invented that shakes the continuously ossifying framework...