Monday, June 30, 2025

The Rainbow, the Maple Leaf and True Repentance

R.R. Reno is onto something with his claim that the ‘rainbow flag’ means far more than tolerance and all getting along, but an entire...

Ignorance of the Mass, New and Old

Ignorance - the state of not knowing what you should know - as opposed to nescience, not knowing what you shouldn't, or needn't, know. Monsignor...

Stand Before the Lord!

In the annals of the continued deviations of celebrations of the Novus Ordo - going way beyond what Vatican II and even the post-conciliar...

The Logic of the Sacred Heart

Today's solemnity of the Sacred Heart is of rather recent provenance as Church history goes.  Although the full humanity of Christ, body and soul,...

‘Love’ Isn’t Always Love

'Anti-hate' is all the rage, if one may excuse the mixed metaphor. The ‘anti’ of something is, logically, its contrary, and the contrary of...

Alberta Votes, and We Hope She Votes Wisely

The province of Alberta votes tomorrow, and, while not unduly influencing the democratic process – for do we not influence to some extent, even...

Saint Rita’s Mission Impossible

A fitting thought on this vigil day of Pentecost is that nothing is impossible with God. Did not Christ promise that He would grant...

Musings on the March

The March for Life was in many ways, as always, a rousing success – thousands of zealous pro-lifers of all ages and all walks...

The Place and Purpose of Private Revelation

On this memorial of Our Lady of Fatima, it is perhaps requisite to say a few words about revelation - A reader wrote recently...

Society, Integrating, Disintegrating, Now and Hereafter

Our society is fragmenting, a tragic process accelerated of late, and it is incumbent on us to maintain some level of social cohesion, to...