Thursday, December 4, 2025

Why War?

As the credits after the film roll by, another army appears—of technicians, musicians, stunt men, cinematographers in England, France, Holland and the United States—active...

Dissolution of a Nation

Citing “the public interest in the administration of justice”, the law society claims that the personal views and preferences of an “overwhelming majority” of...

Saint Joseph, A Working Man

Saint Joseph has two 'feast' days in the universal Church, neither of which is technically a 'feast'.  The first, on March 19th, is his...

Pope Benedict’s Last Epiphany Homily

(In Canada, and other locales, the Solemnity of the Epiphany is moved to the following Sunday, for 'pastoral reasons'. But in the Church universal,...

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...

The Weak Little Bird: Saint ThérÚse and Strangers and Sojourners

“How can a soul as imperfect as mine aspire to the possession of the plenitude of Love? O Jesus, my first and only Friend,...

The True Meaning of Poverty: Twenty Eighth Sunday

‘How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God’ (Mk. 10:24). As with many of Our Lord’s sayings,...

The Reality of Saint John’s Eucharistic Symbolism

INTRODUCTION  The Gospel of St. John, unlike the Synoptic Gospels, offers no account of the institution of the Eucharist in his narrative of the Last...

Jean Vanier Clarifies his Remarks, Reiterating his Support for Assisted Suicide Law in CBC...

(This article appeared in this revision on LifeSite News, based on a clarification they received from Dr. Vanier) At the end of May, Jean Vanier...

Preaching the Primacy of the Family

It has always been difficult for the homilist to preach on the feast of the Holy Family. In the old days, the priest would...