Darkness and Pronouns
And thick darkness shall cover the land...The widespread blackouts in Manitoba and California - regions which otherwise share almost nothing else in common -...
Friendless Ford’s Nation
Doug Ford has apparently said that we must learn to live without friends, and with this, he is on par with his erstwhile-fellow-lockdown leader,...
Trump, Celebrating Down’s and Go Barrett
October, as I just learned, has been decreed Down's Syndrome Awareness Month, a worthy endeavour to celebrate the joyful, solid fact that every life...
Hurricanes, Stocks and Good Pope John
The weather and the economy are both volatile, of late, with the aptly-named Hurricane Michael (‘who is like God’) smashing into the Florida panhandle, the...
Avila, Mary and Veritatis Splendor
On this half-way mark in the month of October we celebrate the great mystic and doctor of the Church, Teresa of Avila (+1582) who,...
Sacrifice and Sentiment
We should pause and reflect – and pray, a verb which you will not often hear on the CBC - as we commemorate the...
Paradise Lost, but All is Not
Malibu is burning, and we may be inclined to see some sort of divine sign in the conflagration, not least in the loss of...
Margaret of Scotland and Gertrude of Germania
Saint Margaret of Scotland (+1093) was the devoted wife of Malcom III, King of the nation to which she fled as a fetching young...
Saint John Paul II at 40
Today we commemorate Pope Saint John Paul II, for this day chosen as his ‘feast’ marks the 40 anniversary of his coronation as the...
Pro, Clement and Columbanus
November 23rd is another of those triptych saint days, with three on offer to lift our spirits as we approach Christ the King, Advent...