Independence Day: Freedom From, and Freedom For
In the United States, we once again celebrate the anniversary of our Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on July 4th. Our forebears...
Alas for Canada
What is one to say? The results speak for themselves, with the east more or less going 'liberal', the Prairies and Alberta going 'conservative',...
Pentecost and Witnessing to Truth
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good (1 Cor. 12:7).
Today, with joy and thanksgiving we celebrate the Solemnity...
The Gospel of Mark, Part IV: A Prelude to the Passion and Resurrection
Roughly half of the narrative of the public life of Jesus is devoted to miracles, selected with obvious care. To begin with are all...
The Art of Dying Well
Saint Robert Cardinal Bellarmine (1452-1621) was a theologian and scholar of the first rank. After joining the newly formed Order of the Society of...
A Review of the Bishop Fulton Sheen Compilation, ‘On the Demonic’
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, compiled and edited by Fr. Dave Tomaszycki, On the Demonic, Emmaus Road Publishing, 2024.
In his book Those Mysterious Priests published...
Truth Under Assault
The Denial of Truth
We live in an era where the denial of not only the ability to discern what is true from what...
Sunday Musical Offering: Jean Mouton’s Nesciens Mater
Jean Mouton (1459 - 1522) was a French priest, canon and, like Vivaldi (also ordained), a prolific composer, well ahead of his time in...
A Reply to Bishop Strickland
I am humbled that Bishop Strickland not only took the time to read my few thoughts on two articles recently published on LifeSiteNews, but...
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...
