Saint Colette of Corbie
Nicole Boellet (1381 - 1447) was a miraculous birth. Her childless, elderly parents, Robert and Marguerite, prayed to Saint Nicholas that they might conceive,...
Saints Cyril and Methodius, and, Yes, Valentine
Today in the universal calendar - superseded this year by Ash Wednesday - we celebrate the ninth-century monks and missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius,...
The Sun Setteth on Quebec
It's been too debilitating to write on the situation in Quebec, with churches closed over Christmas, and the bishops raising no protest, with the...
Newman the Kindly Prophet
Although he died on August 11th, in 1890, the Church commemorates Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman on October 9th, fo9lr it was on this...
Philip’s Spirit of Joy
We celebrate today one of the most joyful and idiosyncratic – the two are not unrelated - of saints, Philip Neri, (+1595), the founder...
A Mother’s Indissoluble Love
A Blessed Sixth Sunday of Easter to all our readers, which also happens to be the secular commemoration of Mothers' Day, which became widespread...
The Limits of Law and Obedience
Obedience is not necessarily a virtue. It did not excuse the Nazis at Nuremberg, who were just ‘following orders’. Just as Serviam has its exceptions and...
Finding a Balance
Aristotle wrote that virtue resides in a mean, a balance between two extremes, finding that sweet spot in the middle whereby one does the...
Dina Belanger’s Unrelenting Quest for Perfection
Blessed Dina Belanger is a home-grown Canadian saint - see our words on the martyr Andre Grasset from September 2nd - whom we commemorate...
The Salutary Reforms of Saint Pius X
We should pray today to Pope Saint Pius X (1835-1914) for all the woes we are currently facing in the Church. He too was...