Imagining Corona

Napoleon once quipped that men live by imagination – by which, we may surmise, he meant that they live more in the future than...

Frances of Rome, and Italia’s Lockdown

In the most troubled of times, God raises up saints as exemplars and intercessors, and Frances of Rome is no exception. Born into privilege...

The Last Martyr of Scotland

Due to some technical and other issues, we're a day late on re-posting this piece, , on the last martyr of the 'Reformation' -...

The Devil’s Deathly Dominion

Physician-turned-author Walker Percy’s final novel, The Thanatos Syndrome, published in 1987, tells the odd tale of a town wherein the ‘elites’ are devolving -...

Fear No Evil

The headlines read like something out of an apocalyptic novel, written, say, a decade or so ago: Trudeau’s son elected Prime Minister and foists...

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...

Ite Ad Joseph, the Mighty and Provident

The strong and silent saint from the Gospel, is a fitting one for our troubled times: The husband of the Virgin Mary, and foster...

A Short Exegesis on the Our Father

As the prayer taught by Christ Himself, the ‘Lord’s Prayer’ is the most ‘perfect’ of vocal prayers, summing all that we might ask and...

The Necessity of Receiving the Really Real Reality of the Eucharist

Catholics in many regions – more or less all of Canada – can no longer attend Mass, or receive Holy Communion, with few exceptions....

Urbi et Orbi Blessing

Pope Francis is inviting Catholics - indeed, all people of good will - to witness and receive his Urbi et Orbi - to the...