Thursday, July 17, 2025

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      Ideas incarnate

      A few weeks ago I began the gargantuan task of liberating my family’s books. They were jailed several years ago when we began traveling...

      Dominion Day

      July 1, 1867: the day when three British colonies became four provinces of the new Dominion of Canada. Canada’s Confederation Day or, as it used...

      Why I blog and why you should too

      Computer technology, social media and its users have been stigmatized and blamed for much of the world’s problems. Everything from illiteracy to a decrease...

      The Catechism of Hockey

      The Catechism of Hockey by Alyssa Bormes American Chesterton Society Books, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-97444-950-0 “What if Wayne Gretzky’s mother was his first teacher of hockey and supported him...

      Chickens

      The chickens came to us from a situation of overcrowding. There was a red rump here or a de-feathered neck there, but they were...

      22nd Sunday: Embrace the Cross

      If anyone wants to become my disciple, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. (Mt 16:24) As we continue our reading...

      5th Sunday: Poverty, humility, service.

      I do it all for the sake of the Gospel, so that I may share in its blessings (1 Cor 9:23). Last Sunday, in a...

      Primal Rage

      This morning, as I begin this column, ten people at a community college in Oregon were killed by yet-another loner gunman, seeking some kind...

      Come, My Love: An Analysis of Thomas Merton’s Mystical Poem “Pass Through...

        Thomas Merton’s poem “Pass through My Will” takes the reader on a deeply mystical journey through layers upon layers of spiritual significance. At the...

      Star Farce: A Study in How to Ruin a Franchise

      I thought the Star Wars franchise, so successful and cinema-transforming in the late seventies and early eighties, was ruined by the three prequels in...