Dear Angels Guardian

This memorial of the Guardian Angels - this year trumped by the Sunday, but it's still good to make a mention - goes back...

Thérèse of Lisieux of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face

Today we celebrate the Saint of the Little Way, Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, also known after the place...

Story of a Soul

October first is the liturgical memorial of St Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower of Jesus, as she is commonly known, her fame spread...

Jerome’s Holy Vulgarity

All saints change history, often in ways that are mysterious and opaque, but at times more obviously so. Such is Saint Jerome (347 -...

The Holy Archangels and Spiritual Warfare

A blessed feast of the Archangels to all our readers. Father Scott’s article on the Saint Michael prayer points out that this used to...

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,...

Saint Vincent de Paul’s Simple Charity

The life of Saint Vincent de Paul (1581 - 1660)  - he always signed his name 'Depaul', perhaps so people would not think him...

Saints Cosmas and Damian

Cosmas and Damian, according to our tradition, were twin brothers, both Syrian physicians and converts to Christianity, who dedicated themselves wholly to their noble...

The Incomparable Courage of the Canadian Martyrs

We are living in dissociated times – and by that I mean that we have become unhinged from our moral law, our customs, our...

Twenty-Sixth Sunday: Lazarus and Helping the Poor

As for you, man of God; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness (1 Tim. 6:11). The parable of Lazarus and the rich man is...