Sunday, and Pre-Election Thoughts
A blessed and glorious Sunday to all our readers...
Today's Gospel speaks of Christ's 'elect' - that is, His chosen, which in the end means...
Crux Stat, Dum Volvitur Orbis
Saint Paul of the Cross (+1775), the second of sixteen children, grew up in poverty in rural Italy, knowing the value of things, and...
Darkness and Pronouns
And thick darkness shall cover the land...The widespread blackouts in Manitoba and California - regions which otherwise share almost nothing else in common -...
Ignatius’ Bread and Canada’s Weed
Saint Ignatius of Antioch (+107) joyfully 'went to the lions', as the saying goes, meeting his martyrdom in the Coliseum, perhaps less than a...
Four Saints in One
We celebrate a veritable panoply of saints today: In Canada, we have the memorial of Saint Marguerite DâYouville (+1771), a lovely French Canadian mademoiselle,...
A Danse Macabre of a Debate
Concerning the other nightâs âdebateâ, allow me to offer the following enthymeme, a sort of summarized syllogism described by Aristotle:
When a society loses faith,...
A Controversial Canadian Cardinal
In a surprise move, Pope Francis has appointed a Canadian Jesuit priest, Father Michael Czerny, as one of the newest members of the august...
Wherefore Art Thou, Candidates?
What is one to say of our Prime Minister - or Prime Minstrel, as he has been dubbed - prancing around in blackface, curiously...
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...
Keeping Up With Humour
An apparently disgruntled reader took some umbrage at my take on Grumblin' Greta, describing, au contraire, yours truly as the 'humourless' one, and 'knowing...
