Taylor Swift: Sad Tragedy, or Joyful Comedy?
(Today is Miss Swift's 35th birthday, the feast of Saint Lucy, patron saint of light. As we mention in this reprieve, may the virgin-martyr...
Gregorian Chant: Music for Soul, Body, and God
I recently read a short (152 pages) and small book (each page is 5” by 6”), with beautiful font, and a fittingly short title,...
The Persevering Prayer of Monica
Monica is the patron saint of mothers - not least, those who pray for the conversion of their children, an integral part of the...
Ten Theological Books With Which to Begin
(Here are some thoughts from a talk I gave to the Catholic Teachers' Guild of Toronto recently on suggestions for books to read in...
The Non-Milquetoast and Quite Holy Canadian Martyrs
In the rest of the world, the Canadian, or if you will, North American, Martyrs, six priests and two laymen put to death for...
Abbot Anthony’s Narrow, but Joyful, Way to Heaven
Saint Anthony (+356) is commonly called 'the Abbot', or Anthony ‘of Egypt’, where he retreated to the wilderness as a young man to live...
Of 2017, and the Continuing Struggle of and with Islam
Ringing in the new year of 2017, rife with predictions from seers and others on what might happen during this 100th anniversary of the...
Cool Heads and Heat Waves
We should all feel some empathy at the drowning of the father and his 23-month daughter in the Rio Grande. I have not for...
