Depression Skyrockets: Why?
“I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth...
Mulling over Merton
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a Trappist monk, theologian, poet, mystic, and the author of more than seventy books. Having lost both parents by the...
The Cult of Sentimentalism
“A sentimentalist is one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.” Oscar Wilde
Stuffed animals, flickering candles, cello-wrapped flowers, unfocussed...
The Lasting Legacies of Peter and Paul
Keeper of the Keys
Most readers are familiar with the various Gospel accounts of St. Peter as the Apostle specially chosen by Christ to “feed...
Saint Michael and the Eucharistic Eschatological Battle
The great dragon, the primeval serpent, known as the devil or Satan, who had deceived all the world, was hurled down to the earth...
Isaiah, Christmas and Salvation
For a Child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; he is named Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty...
Life Is Fragile, So Use The Good Dishes
One of the greatest lessons learned during my nursing career is the fragility of human life. Many times when a patient and their loved...
The Indissolubility of a Mother’s Love
In one of those many paradoxical ironies of history, it was on this day that Woodrow Wilson – for whom I have not much...
Pope Benedict and Saint Ignatius
(Excerpt from an address given April 22, 2006 )
St Ignatius of Loyola was first and foremost a man of God who in his life...
Every Life’s Sacred, or None Are
Jesus provides us with a motive for acting, viz., the love of God, which in practical terms produces a love of our neighbours. The...
