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...
The Necessity of Receiving the Really Real Reality of the Eucharist
Catholics in many regions â more or less all of Canada â can no longer attend Mass, or receive Holy Communion, with few exceptions....
A Short Exegesis on the Our Father
As the prayer taught by Christ Himself, the âLordâs Prayerâ is the most âperfectâ of vocal prayers, summing all that we might ask and...
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...
Saint Patrick’s Emerald Hope
(Here is a re-posting of some thoughts on Saint Patrick's Day. Much has happened since then, and this will be a muted celebration, with...
Fear No Evil
The headlines read like something out of an apocalyptic novel, written, say, a decade or so ago: Trudeauâs son elected Prime Minister and foists...
The Devil’s Deathly Dominion
Physician-turned-author Walker Percyâs final novel, The Thanatos Syndrome, published in 1987, tells the odd tale of a town wherein the âelitesâ are devolving -...
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' -...
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...
Imagining Corona
Napoleon once quipped that men live by imagination â by which, we may surmise, he meant that they live more in the future than...
