Doubt on Doubling Down
Are we still permitted to question and debate the mask and lockdowns, or is the new inquisition muzzling us in more than a figurative...
Chastity: Appreciating An Underappreciated Virtue
”Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged” (John 19: 1)
The visions of the 19th century German mystic, Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, vividly depict...
Update on Bill C-7, ‘MAiD’, and Free-for-All Euthanasia
It seems the Senate has voted down the amendment that would have protected the freedom of conscience of health care professionals. All hope is...
The Psychology of Fasting
Fasting was an essential aspect of primitive Christianity, as it had been in Old Testament times. That the followers of Jesus would fast is...
Enforcing the Party Line – Or is that Lie?
We shall proclaim destruction – why? why? – well,
Because the idea is so fascinating. But we must get
a little exercise. We’ll have a few...
Quinquagesima Sunday
When I was a child, I spoke as child; I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But when I became a...
Adoration and Philosophy
All Catholics should go to Eucharistic Adoration. Most Catholics, myself included, should go to Adoration more than they do, whether they go regularly, occasionally,...
Fraternal Trust and Care of the Sick
As has been the custom for the last thirty-eight years, on Thursday 11 February, precisely on the liturgical memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes,...
Fifth Sunday: The Church’s Mission to Each Individual Soul
I do it all for the sake of the Gospel, so that I may share in its blessings (1 Cor. 9:23).
St. Paul’s passionate words...
Keeping the Republic
The most marked political tendency of the American people has been to interpret their government as a pure and simple democracy, and to shift...