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...
Saints Cosmas and Damian
(Here in Canada, we celebrate these martyr saints today, normally commemorated on September 26th, due to the feast of the Canadian Martyrs tomorrow).
Cosmas and...
St Faustina: A Model for our Path to Sanctity
The feast of St Faustina, celebrated on Wednesday 5 October 2022, brings to my mind the great need of letting the Lord make us...
The Holy Rosary, the Hope of Lepanto, of Europe, of the World…
Today we celebrate Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, a feast instituted by Pope Saint Pius V in commemoration of the great victory...
Saint Serafino da Montegranaro
In the Little Flowers of St Francis, which is a florilegium in 53 short chapters which in it we find contained the life of St...
Ignatius Ground to Wheat, While Canada Grows its Pot
(This being not only the memorial of the one of the Church's earliest post-Apostolic martyrs, the great Ignatius, who may have known the Apostle...
Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko
On this October 19th we commemorate the Polish priest and martyr, Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, murdered by communist agents on this day in 1984, for...
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and the Sacred Heart
Today in Canada we celebrate Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (+1690), a contemplative nun in France, who from childhood devoted herself to God, with some rather...
Saint Ursula and her Myriad Companions
Today is the traditional commemoration of Saint Ursula, who was put to death on this October 21st, in 383, along with - as the...
Saint John Paul II: The Pope Who Taught Us Not to Be Afraid
As we celebrate the feast of St John Paul II, October 22nd, my thoughts to this great Pope of the Church, along with a...