33rd Sunday: The duty of talent
So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober (1 Thes 5:6).
As we approach the end...
Britain Goin’ It Alone
Prime Minister Therea May in Britain has just called an early election, hoping for a mandate to lead Britain out of the European Union....
Handel’s Miraculous Messiah
Handel's Messiah, first performed on April 13th, 1742 (in Dublin of all places) was Composed by a German, who had become a naturalised Brit,...
Fourteenth Sunday: Ite Missa Est!
See I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves (Lk. 10:3). ⧾
The commission of the seventy disciples to go and...
Saint John Paul II: The Pope Who Taught Us Not to Be Afraid
As we celebrate the feast of St John Paul II, October 22nd, my thoughts to this great Pope of the Church, along with a...
Thirteenth Sunday: Theodicy, God and Evil
For God created man for incorruption, and made him the image of his own eternity, but through the devil’s envy death entered the world,...
The Blessings of Monotony
(As we all enter back into our 'ordinary' routines after Chrismas holidays, it is good to reflect upon the blessings of monotony, upon which...
Must We Believe that Islam is Peaceful?
In another well-reasoned article by William Kilpatrick (we may disagree with some of his tone, but his points are good), he alludes to a...
Hard Sayings in Scripture
Geraldine Thompson, a Sister of Saint Joseph who taught English at Saint Michael’s College, Toronto, was utterly charming in person, . . . and...
Bishop of Hippo, A Saint for All Time
A blessed memorial of the great Saint Augustine (354-430), bishop and doctor of the Church, and perhaps the greatest theologian in her history (although,...