Finding the True Meaning of Christmas
Last week I promised to consider how we could possibly ignore all the bad and sad news and try to make this Christmas as...
A Feast for All Franciscans
November 29th is the special day dedicated to all the Franciscans who are now born into eternal life. Every year our Franciscan Order reserves...
The Subjective Monster
There is an ancient Indian fable of six blind men who meet an elephant. Each of them touches different parts of the elephant. One...
Mother Egarée’s Thimble and the Hierarchy of Truths
(On what would be the feast of Saint Nicholas, the great foe of heretics, you may enjoy this delightful reflection from Father Callam on...
Big data and the Birth of Christ
From the information superhighway to artificial intelligence to contact tracing for COVID-19, ours is certainly the era of “big data.”
“Big data” might seem like...
The 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of St. Joseph as Patron Saint of the...
Besides celebrating the great solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the Mother of God and Our beloved Mother, on December 8th we also...
The Voice and the Dawn
“So he said, 'I am, as Isaiah prophesied: A voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way for the Lord'” (Jn 1:23).
“He was...
Saint John of the Cross: A Sound Teacher of True Love
Today, 14 December, we celebrate the feast of a great Spanish mystic, a friend and a co-reformer of the Carmelite religious family, namely Saint...
Marcel Tyberg – a Forgotten Composer of the Holocaust
In the 75 years since the end of the Second World War and the Holocaust, it is still hard to say how much the...
Francis, Francesco and Civil Unions
On October 21, the documentary Francesco premiered at the Rome Film Festival. Directed by Emmy-nominated director Evgeny Afineevsky, Francesco received the Kinéo Movie for...