Good Friday Musical Meditations
Popule Meus, by Tomas Luis de Victoria, Christ's lament from the Cross, 'My People, what have I done to you, or in how have I...
Andrew-Dung Lac and the Vietnamese Martyrs: Washed in the Blood of the Lamb
On this memorial of the Martyrs of Vietnam, we commemorate a whole panoply of white-robed witnesses, Christians, bishops, priests, Franciscans, Dominicans, lay men, women...
Saint Agatha and Malta
February 5th is the liturgical memorial of St Agatha, a Sicilian virgin, martyred at Catania in the island of Sicily.
Even if little is known...
On Hell, Debts and Incorruptibility
A blessed and joyful Holy Saturday to all our readers, a day in which all the world is ‘at rest’, with Christ, our God,...
The Significance of July 16
Some days have more 'history' to them than others, today's July 16th being one of them. As I just wrote, it is the memorial...
Bob Newhart, Catholic Comedian, Requiescat in Pace
Bob Newhart died the other day, and readers - at least, those of a certain era - may recall his dry, deadpan humour in...
All Too Human Saints and Prophets
A blessed Sunday to all our readers, on which we always commemorate Christ's resurrection and triumph over decay and destruction, trampling death for all...
Blessed John of Rochester, Carthusian Fortitude
Blessed John of Rochester, Carthusian monk and abbot of their charterhouse in London, was cruelly put to death on this May 11th in 1537,...
A Tale of Two Churches and Two Canadas
In a remarkable and rather disturbing turn of events, a group of seasoned spiritual leaders and academics have written an open letter, accusing the...
