Friday, January 16, 2026

Life in the Visitation

A blessed feast of the Visitation to one and all!  I have always considered this a pro-life feast, when two saintly women, each bearing...

That in Me You May Have Peace

A very joyful, blessed and grace-filled Pentecost to all of our readers... In the midst of all the travails of this world, let us entrust...

Carbon Taxes and Legging Freedom

The infamous and unjust ‘carbon tax’ begins today, foisting an extra 5 cents a litre on every fill-up. The purpose for this imposition is...

Goretti, Epstein and Henry

I know almost nothing about Jeffrey Epstein, except the vague charges of sexual malfeasance, the ‘Lolita express’, and the island of sensual delights, at...

Wenceslaus and Lorenzo, Incidental Martyrs

This is not the stuff of which martyrs are made - So purportedly said Thomas More, who loved all the good things of life,...

The Costa and Celibacy

Pope Emeritus Benedict and Cardinal Sarah have just released a book in defence of clerical celibacy, just as Pope Francis is pondering relaxing the...

Benedict, John Paul II and Freedom

Pope Emeritus Benedict wrote a brief reflection on the hundredth anniversary of Pope John Paul II's birth, which is well worth a read, as...

The Madawaska Current and Magnifying the Masking Mandate

What follows may be of interest to readers who live in the Madawaska Valley, the location of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, and...
Pope St. John Paul II

Homily of Pope John Paul: Christ’s Spiritual Kingdom

EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION FOR THE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING HOMILY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II Sunday, 23 November 1997 1. On this Sunday which closes the liturgical year,...