The Resurrection was Real, and is the Foundation of our Faith – Alleluia!
(From a Regina Coeli address of Pope Saint John Paul II, April 21st, 1996):
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
1. In the liturgical season running from Easter...
Pentecost and Witnessing to Truth
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good (1 Cor. 12:7).
Today, with joy and thanksgiving we celebrate the Solemnity...
Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans
Juditha Triumphans is an oratorio by Antonio Vivaldi, the only one of four he is known to have written which survived. Its date of...
Lenten Third Sunday Music: de Lassus and Chants
For this Third Sunday in Lent, given the circumstances of the world, the suggestions of Pater Ignotus include this setting of the seven penitential...
Christ the King’s Providential Passion
THE GOSPELS this year have come from the Gospel of Luke, and we finish on the feast of Christ the King with a section...
Pagan Idolatry and Catholic Fortitude
A writer must at times take back, or at least re-form, opinions once vaguely and lightly and perhaps too hastily held. Even the great...
Alas for Canada
What is one to say? The results speak for themselves, with the east more or less going 'liberal', the Prairies and Alberta going 'conservative',...
Witnessing to Truth
(In light of today's feast of the Martyrs of Japan, what follows is a brief excerpt from Pope Saint John Paul II's masterpiece -...
Excerpts from Pope Benedict’s Last Christmas Homily
Again and again the beauty of this Gospel touches our hearts: a beauty that is the splendour of truth. Again and again it astonishes...
A Review of Creed II: Reflections on the Rocky Saga & the Intrinsic Value...
The eighth “chapter” of the Rocky series, Creed II, was released on November 21. Continuing in the tradition of the previous seven chapters of...
