The Baptist and Losing One’s Head
The celebration of the beheading of Saint John the Baptist - after all, it was his expeditious entrance into heaven - is sort of...
The Divine Kenosis, Self-Gift and Sacrifice
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus (Phil. 6:14). ⧾
Our second reading includes an ancient canticle or hymn that...
Killing with Kindness
At the centre of Leftism is emptiness, a utopia at the heart of European civilization today and its only value is the complete repudiation...
The Christian and Depression
I strongly encourage anyone who is discouraged or depressed to read the third chapter of the book of Tobit. In this passage, two people...
The Suffering Secretary of the Divine Mercy
October 5th is the feast day of St Faustina Kowalska. This humble Polish nun was appointed by Jesus to be the Secretary of His...
Lawlessness and Trumping Choice
Besides being the memorial - or, as I like to think of it, the feast - of Saint Thomas Aquinas, this is also the...
Fulton Sheen’s Thoughts for Daily Living
The Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979) needs little introduction. At the peak of his radio and television popularity from the 1940s to the...
Our Lady and the Octave of Christmas
Hail, holy Mother! The Child to whom you gave birth is the King of Heaven and earth forever.
Christmas is a Solemnity with an Octave....
Christian Aging
(Adapted from a talk given by Father Daniel Callam, C.S.B., to the seniors’ group at Holy Rosary Parish, Toronto, on 20 June 2018)
Introduction
Our Lord commanded...
Timely Words from a Far Off Place
(On this feast of the Holy Family, in my breakfast reading, I stumbled across this homily from Pope Saint John Paul II which he...