Should We Receive Communion Daily? A Respondeo
I heard recently a homily from a traditional priest, the theme of which was how often we should receive Holy Communion, which topic, funnily...
The Foiling of Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
Remember, remember! the fifth of November.
  The Gunpowder treason and plot;
  I know of no reason
  Why the Gunpowder treason
  ...
Pope Benedict’s Resignation, Ten Years On…
Today marks another sombre anniversary - it was ten years ago, on the last day of February, that Pope Benedict XVI officially resigned the...
Borden’s Burdensome Tax
On this day, in 1917, Prime Minister Robert Borden - whose mustachioed visage is on the $100 bill - imposed an income tax on...
The SSPX, the Papacy, and the Current Status
We may sympathize with the SSPX, for who would not seek to flee the mediocrity, if not outright mayhem, all too frequently found in...
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...
Trois Jours au QuĂ©bec – Three Days in Quebec
Quebec is a paradox, much like France, whose offshoot she is. So Catholic on the outside: majestic churches towering over the countryside and cities,...
Of Flags and Dominions
Today marks the 60th anniversary of our adoption, back in 1965 under Lester B. Pearson, of a the âmaple leafâ as our national flag,...
A Short Primer on the Trinity
In light of yesterdaysâ Solemnity celebrating the Most Holy Trinity, a few words on this central teaching of our Faith may be in order....
Puffballs
âWhat can go wrong?â I asked, âthe book says it is safe, and it shows a picture of the thing. Listen! It says right...
