Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies
Lies come in all types - Half-lies, white lies, truthful lies, lying truths, and the 'damned lies' of statistics. Saint Thomas, following Augustine, defines...
Gregorian Chant: Music for Soul, Body, and God
I recently read a short (152 pages) and small book (each page is 5” by 6”), with beautiful font, and a fittingly short title,...
Three Outrages, Three Churches
outrage: an act of violence or brutality; an act that violates accepted standards of behavior or taste; the anger and resentment aroused by injury...
William of Gellone and the Implacability of Islam
William of Gellone (ca. 755 - 812) had two phases to his life: He began as a warrior knight of the Carolingian era in...
Taylor Swift: Sad Tragedy, or Joyful Comedy?
(Today is Miss Swift's 35th birthday, the feast of Saint Lucy, patron saint of light. As we mention in this reprieve, may the virgin-martyr...
Saint Benjamin and Blessed Jane of Toulouse: Of Persians and Carmelites
On this last day of March, as this year we approach the final two weeks of Lent before Holy Week, we commemorate two little...
Canada Moribunda?
The title says much of what is in this grim article: Canada, old, poorer, smaller. That is, old and smaller demographically, not in the...
God be with ye
I was speaking with a colleague, Fred, who is an atheist, and he told me that he preferred to use Xmas on his Christmas...
Words can hurt, but abortions do kill
If you know anything about Ann Coulter you will know that she adores controversy and likes nothing more than to annoy her critics—and that’s...
Political ‘Knifing’?
I have been meaning to comment on a ridiculous article in the National Post at the end of August, but one which does pertain,...
