Cathedrals and Chastisements
It was one year ago yesterday – April 15th, 2019– that Notre Dame cathedral, built over a century between 1160 and 1260, and has...
Candlemas and the Keeping of the Law
When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph brought the child Jesus up to Jerusalem to...
The Refuge of Maria Goretti
In you the children and the young people will find a safe refuge
These were the unforgettable words which were spoken from the heart of...
A Lenten antidote
Before Lent the requisite lists of Things To Give Up made the rounds on my favourite blogs. I always read those lists, if only...
Preparing for Christmas
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Hall
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
With this last Audience before the Christmas celebrations, we approach with trepidation and wonder...
What Is Life, Really?
We Christians continue to celebrate the gift of new life in the Resurrection of Jesus this and every Easter season. Much of the debate...
Listen: A Poem
Listen
Everything is loud, until you listen.
If you couldn’t speak, what would you do?
What would you notice?
The miracles of Christ or Christ?
Hume said, “The Son...
Philomela – A Poem
"Philomela"
A lark sings through the hellish gloom;
Calls out to her Author.
Praising, loving, she cries her tune,
Piercing my ears to bother.
A lonely cry, muffled and...
When I Die, Do I Want to Be a…Tree?
This phrase recently appeared in the Ottawa Citizen in an article on the greening of death, a quote from Susan Koswan, a Waterloo writer...
Second Sunday of Lent: Our Transfigured and Suffering Lord
He will transform the body of our humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the power that also...
