Laetare, Ierusalem!
A blessed Laetare Sunday to all our readers! This Fourth Sunday of Lent is named after the Introit, Laetare Ierusalem marking the halfway point...
CBC Exposed
CBC Exposed
by Brian Lilley
Freedom Press, 2012
ISBN: 978-0-98816-910-4
Softcover, pp. 185; price: $22.36 CAD
My relationship with the CBC as a listener ended about a decade ago...
Bare Knuckles Apologetics: Richard Dawkins Revisited
The British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins is possibly the most ubiquitous atheist on the planet. He has dedicated himself to countless books, lectures, and...
Calvary (2014): A Film Review of a Tragedy
The following review was written by Father Callam for an anthology, and is re-posted here, signifying Hollywood's continued fascination with the image of the...
Keeping the Christmas Caroling: In Dulce Iubilo, the Wexford, and A Rose in Winter.
With the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God yesterday - or, in the usus antiquior, the Circumcision - the Octave of Christmas closes, but...
Musical Offering: Rossini’s La Gazza Ladra
In honour of the two newest saints in the Church panoply, here is the overture to Rossini's opera La Gazza Ladra - the Thieving...
Pilgrim Eagle: A Review of Charles A. Coulombe’s History Text Puritan’s Empire
“This above all: To thine own self be true.”
-William Shakespeare
Puritan’s Empire by Charles A. Coulombe is a unique tour-de-force of American history from a Catholic...
Calvary
Calvary (2014)
Directed by John Michael McDonagh
Written by John Michael McDonagh
Stay for the credits at the end of Calvary, for interspersed in the endless lists...
Venantius’ Vexilla Regis Prodeunt
Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus was a self-described wandering minstrel in Europe of the very early Middle Ages, or late Antiquity, or the inaptly-described 'Dark...
Two Complementary Requiems
On this All Souls' Day, here are two Requiems, which commemorate the dead with beauty and transcendence, and may accompany our prayers this day.
The...
