Apocalyptic Synods
The long-awaited, or dreaded, depending on one's perspective, Synod on Synodality begins today, and we pray that whatever God wills from this, whether antecedently...
Saint Vincent de Paul and Giving our All
The life of Saint Vincent de Paul (1581 - 1660) - he always signed his name 'Depaul', perhaps so people would not think him...
The Indomitable Courage of the Canadian Martyrs
We are living in dissociated times – and by that I mean that we have become unhinged from our moral law, our customs, our...
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,...
The Enduring Message of La Salette
On September 19th, 1846, Maximin Giraud and Mélanie Calvat, two shepherd children were coming home from tending their flock outside the picturesque hamlet of...
Becoming Eunuchs for the Kingdom: What Gives?
In Matthew’s Gospel (19:12) Our Lord exhorts us to become ‘eunuchs’, which is not to be taken too literally, even if there are rumours...
Crushing Dissent
The punishing penal sentences meted to two groups of protestors - a group of pro-lifers who blocked an abortuary, as well as those who...
Resisting Evil: The Beatification of the Ulma Family
God permits moral evil - He never wills it, let it be said - but He does allow it, even the grave and demonic...
The Problem with Sedevanctism
(With Father James Altman's recent declaration on the question of sedevacantism, here is a re-post of something I wrote earlier in the summer, and...
Saint Rose of Viterbo and San Marino
Saint Rose of Viterbo (1233 - 1251) was a recluse in the Italian commune from which she takes her name, and which was contested...