Starving Souls Need Leisure
The body needs food. All people go hungry some of the time. We often feel at least a tiny bit sorry for someone who...
The King and Serpent in the Desert: The Fourth Sunday of Lent
Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that whoever believes in...
Bill C-7 Passes the House
Like the Angel of Death, but one that did not pass over, Bill C-7 has been approved by the House of Commons, the Liberals...
The Good in Suffering and the Evil of Euthanasia
According to a recent poll, eighty-six percent of Catholics in Canada are in support of allowing Canadians with a grievous and irremediable illness to...
The Equality Act and Its Follies
He created them male and female; and blessed them: and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. Genesis 5, v 2.
Last...
Echoes of Ronald Knox and C.S. Lewis
Some years ago I wrote rather a long winded play, Shaw vs Chesterton, an imaginary debate between two great friends, G.K. Chesterton and Bernard...
Third Sunday: Purifying the House of the Father
‘Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace! (Jn. 2:16).
The cleansing of the Temple speaks to the nature and...
True Christian Tolerance
In Lent we pledge ourselves to acquire virtue. The one, perhaps the only, virtue universally honoured today is tolerance. It is a useful Lenten...
Compassionate Killing: Lessons Learned From Nurses in the Nazi Era
We posted this documentary in the article on the barbarism of Bill C-7, but thought it important enough to stand on its own. Fascinating,...
Lent’s Little Lights
One of the most beautiful uplifting things that helps me stay focused on Lent is the theme of light. In his Angelus address of Sunday 28 February 2021,...