Barnabas, Encouragement and Keeping On the Path
It is fitting that we celebrate the Apostle Barnabas, the âson of consolationâ, or the âson of encouragementâ, in this season of the Holy...
Sacred Heart and Choosing Wisely
Today, the vigil of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, is the World Day of Prayer for Priests, instituted by Pope Saint John Paul...
Saint Martin of Tours and Armistice Day
It's Remembrance Day here in Canada as well as Britain and the rest of her dominions and territories; in America, itâs Veterans' Day. Both...
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,...
Churches Spared
Even the secular news had to admit that it was odd, even using the word âmiraculousâ as this headline proclaimed, that the Catholic church...
More and Fisher: Signs for our Times
Today we commemorate Saint Thomas More, husband, father, lawyer, sometime chancellor of England, martyred in 1535 along with his compatriot Saint John Fisher, Bishop...
Saint Gregory Narek, Mystic, Monk and Doctor
The Armenian monk Gregory Narek (Grigor Narekatsi), whose life spanned the latter half of the 11th century (ca. 950 - 1003), was enrolled amongst...
Youthful Ambition Pays Big
So Mr. Oosterfhoff has won the by-election, becoming the youngest MP ever to win a seat in the provincial legislature. I wish him and...
Neo Pagan Micro Aggression
Today is the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (see my note to the side), so it as with some dismay that I read this...
Charbel’s Hidden Fruitfulness
Today is the memorial of Saint Charbel Maklouf (+1898), an ascetic, chaste, humble example of monastic sanctity, who spent his life as a priest-hermit...
