The Line in the BC Sand
As we wrote recently, British Columbia currently has a total prohibition on public religious services; what is of most concern to Catholics is the...
Some Good News
A couple of good news stories, to lift our spirits a little. We will hopefully have more of these to share in these pages:
In...
Jean de Brebeuf, Prayers for Canada, and Take Heart
Peace, to one and all of our readers!
I trust everyone is hale and healthy, and keeping that interior peace which only Christ brings.
A brief...
Austen, Python and Regaining Humour
Why are things funny? Humour has eluded philosophers, and even more so scientists - and we are living in an increasingly humourless world, with...
Let My People Go…
In this Lenten season, readers may feel like the Israelites, under their heavy taskmasters in Egypt, forced to make bricks without straw. People must...
Thanatophilia, Thanatophobia, Keep Your Chins Up, and Keep That Hope in Ya’
(The title of this brief reflection was an attempt at a musical rhyme - and if the theme were not so tragic, I might...
Saint Henry Morse, Priest of the Plague
I stumbled on this absorbing short film on the life of the English martyr, Saint Henry Morse (+1645), who spent significant part of his...
Fare Thee Well, Cardinal Sarah!
Say in ain't so! But it is - Robert Cardinal Sarah's resignation as Head of the Congregation for Divine Worship has been accepted by...
Doubt on Doubling Down
Are we still permitted to question and debate the mask and lockdowns, or is the new inquisition muzzling us in more than a figurative...
Beginning Lent
A blessed and grace-filled Lenten season to all our readers, beginning with this solemn commemoration of Ash Wednesday to launch us on our way...