Saint Patrick’s Emerald Hope
(Here is a re-posting of some thoughts on Saint Patrick's Day. Much has happened since then, and this will be a muted celebration, with...
An Affirmative View of Conscience
The word “conscience” has been used so many times and in so many ways that many of us no longer know what it really...
O, Canada; Hail, Joseph
(From a few years ago, but still very relevant...) Ed.
Devotion to St. Joseph has deep roots in Canada. Of course we are familiar with...
A Reflection on Mario Augusto Bunge’s Life and Work
On February 24, at 100 years of age, physicist and philosopher, Mario Augusto Bunge passed onto the next life. Bunge completed a PhD in...
The Sacred Sacrifice and the Secular Mindset
The bishops of Quebec, Vancouver, and Toronto and other sundry regions seem finally to realize what is at stake. When Covid first hit, they...
The True Meaning of Greatness
In these times of fear and uncertainty, when our daily lives are severely disrupted by the Covid outbreak, many people forget what “greatness” truly...
The Passions of John and Matthew, in Bach’s Contrapuntal
This is the anniversary of the first performance of Bach's Saint John's Passion, so a re-posting during this Holiest of Weeks seemed to be...
Tallis’ Lamentations
Fitting music for these days are the Lamentations of Jeremiah, as put to profound polyphony by the genius of Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585),...
Christ’s Bearing the Pain of the World
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,...
Vexilla Regis Prodeunt: Chant, Victoria and Palestrina
A blessed and grace-filled Passion-Palm Sunday to one and all of our readers.
Father Callam has a wonderful meditation on the Vexilla Regis Prodeunt, the...