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Once I gave a talk on Saint Andrew. It was in Kenaston, Saskatchewan, in a church dedicated to Saint Andrew. At the end of...
Seventeenth Sunday: Perfecting Our Prayer With and In Christ
Ask and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you (Lk. 11: 9)....
Joseph, a Priest According to the Order of Melchizedek
Have you ever wondered about the identity of that mysterious figure in the book of Genesis named Melchizedek, the King of Salem who offers...
Fifth Sunday of Lent: The Infinite, Incarnate Mercy of God
I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord (Phil. 3:8). ⧾
Our Gospel reading today is taken...
Praying and Rejoicing with Pope John Paul II
Today, Friday 22 October 2021, the universal Church cries out with joy for the feast of Pope St John Paul II.
On this very day,...
An Unholy Triumvirate
The Communist Party cannot be neutral toward religion. It stands for science, and all religion is opposed to science. ~ Joseph Stalin
The religions are...
Christ is Risen! The Resurrection as the Foundation of our Faith
The fifty days between Easter and Pentecost are devoted to meditation on the mystery of the resurrection, which is the foundation of Christianity. Just...
Humility and the First Sunday of Lent
When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time (Lk. 4:13). ⧾
On Ash Wednesday we began our observance...
Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder
Remember, remember the fifth of November. Yes, it's Guy Fawkes Day, when the English people of a certain religious persuasion - or of none...
The Demands of the Christian Life
The Gospel of Luke combines inexpressible tenderness with an intolerable severity. Consider the contrast between the parables of the prodigal son or the good...
