Weekly Insight
Dolly’s passing – a look into the soul of America
(New contributor Suzanne Cruz offers here a contrast between the public reactions to the recent deaths of Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem. Both had their 'issues', even if the deleterious consequences of Ms. Steinem's...
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 at Lepanto on October 7th in 1571, when the Christian...
Stop Euthanasia for the Mentally Ill
Britain, by some miracle of grace, or just plain reason, or likely a mixture of both, voted against euthanasia on September 11, 2026, albeit by a close margin: 286 against, and 270 in favour.
Meanwhile,...
Be reasonable: surrender to faith!
Be reasonable,” she advised. A wonderful woman I know was talking about her widowed neighbor.
This woman continued to live in her home after her husband died but had trouble maintaining it. It stung because...
Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher: Forming the Next Generation
Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher (+1849) is commemorated today along with Saint Bruno. She was a Canadian religious sister, who, under the inspiration of Saint Eugene de Mazenod and Bishop Bourget, founded the Sisters of the...
Saint Bruno’s Great Silence
On this early Fall day of October the 6th, we fittingly celebrate Saint Bruno (+1101), teacher, bishop, contemplative, counsellor to Popes and, perhaps most pertinent to the history of Christendom, the founder of the...
Keeping Sunday at the Saint Gregory the Great Institute
I write these few words on my way back from the second annual conference of the Saint Gregory the Great Institute in Edmonton, Alberta, where I offered an address on ‘Sunday and Society’. The...
Fortunate Faustina and the Divine Mercy
On this fifth of October, we celebrate one of the newest of saints in the liturgical calendar, placed therein only a few years ago, with October 5th, the day she entered eternity, chosen as...
Saint Francis: A Most Radical Man
(This October 4th marks the 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis of Assisi, one of the most well-known and beloved amongst the panoply of saints. Enjoy the reprise reflection...)
There are as many...
Pope Benedict and Saint Francis, Il Poverello
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Saint Francis of Assisi
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In a recent Catechesis, I illustrated the providential role the Orders of Friars Minor and the Order of...
Illusory AI Companions
A friend who works at a long-term care home, where many of the residents suffer from Alzheimer’s, sent me this webpage on a new technology. It’s developed by an engineer from Quebec (made in...
Holy Communion Prayer
Holy Communion Prayer
In ancient years You bled upon a tree.
May You bleed upon this altar now for me.
The Host raised high, the Cup aloft …
beat my heart to murmurings soft.
I eat the bread and...
The Myriads of Holy Guardian Angels
This memorial of the Guardian Angels goes back to the year 1500, the very dawn of the Protestant ‘Reformation’, seventeen years before Luther would pin his theses to the church door at Wittenburg on...
Thérèse of Lisieux of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face
On the first day of October we celebrate the Saint of the Little Way, Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (1873 - 1897), also known after the place of her...
The Passion of the Saints
(On this memorial of Saint Jerome here is a reflection by contributor Alexa Bulman, on the 'thumos' of the saints, their passion and drive, who did no things by half, but always in full...
