That Slippery Morphing Conscience
Conscience can be a slippery thing, if we allow it so, eventually fluctuating under the waves of circumstances around us, by which we may...
Saints Eusebius of Vercelli and Peter Julian Eymard
The Church commemorates two pastors today, separated by a millennium and a half: The fourth-century Eusebius of Vercelli (+371), the first bishop we know...
Saint Joseph of Cupertino’s Levity
According to the laws of physics, a man should not be able to fly, at least without technological help. But are not the 'laws...
The Many Faces of Justin Trudeau
I just had to post this, at least for posterity's sake. Poignant and evincing.
A Short Exegesis on the Our Father
As the prayer taught by Christ Himself, the âLordâs Prayerâ is the most âperfectâ of vocal prayers, summing all that we might ask and...
The Devil Inside
On November 22nd, 1997 â the memorial of the patroness of music, Saint Cecelia - the lead singer of the 80âs rock band INXS,...
Nicene’s Creed and Christ’s Human and Divine Heart
The Creed of the Council of Nicaea was officially promulgated on this day in 325 A.D., under the auspices of the newly-converted - well,...
The Indianapolis and the Jaws of Death
In the early morning hours of July 30th, 1945 â fifteen minutes after midnight, to be precise - in the last days of the...
A Panoply of Four Saints
We celebrate a veritable panoply of saints today: In Canada, we have the memorial of Saint Marguerite DâYouville (+1771), the first Canadian-born saint. She...
The (Non) Children of Men and the Indissoluble Nexus
It was somewhat disconcerting to discover that the 1992 novel The Children of Men by mystery writer P.D. James was set in January of...
