The Demise, and Rise, of the ‘Book’
Here's an intriguing, and for some, disturbing, take on the publishing industry:
https://www.elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-books
The title is a bit misleading, in a provocative way, for people are...
Saint Agnes of Montepulciano
Saint Agnes of Montepulciano (+1317) is one of the 'incorruptibles'. She was born in the picturesque cliff-top Italian city on January 28th, 1268, the...
Ælfheah of Canterbury and Leo IX of Rome
Two saints are commemorated on this 19th of April, both of the Middle Ages:
Saint Ælfheah of Canterbury, more commonly known as 'Alphege', was born...
Pilgrimaging at Three Miles an Hour
It seems slow - walking, that is - and, to our modern modes of transport, it is. Bikes can move at about 20 miles...
Blessed Marie-Anne Blondin: Martyr of Silence
Bd. Marie-Anne Blondin (+1890), whose optional memorial falls today in our fair Dominion, the day of her birth in 1809, five decades before Canada...
Nae Country Fer Young Men
As readers may know, Scotland is the land of my birth and early upbringing, and I have been back a number of times to...
Saint Richard of Sussex
Saint Richard of Chichester (+1253) was a mediaeval bishop in Sussex - now the patron saint of that bucolic region in the south of...
It’s Official: John Paul II Day in Canada
Our parish priest reminded us this morning that by statutory law in Canada, today is officially 'John Paul II Day'. I must confess that...
Trudeau’s Carbon Tax, and the Rule of Non-Law
This April 1st is the Monday of Easter Octave - and a continued blessed one to all. Christus resurrexit vere, alleluia! But in the...
Good Friday and Suffering
Evil and pain is always a mystery, that whole mysterium iniquitatis, of which Saint Paul writes (2 Thess 2:7). In 1984, Pope Saint John...
