Weekly Insight
The Holy House of Loreto
The memorial of Lady of Loreto was put back into the universal calendar, on this day by Pope Francis in December, 2019, in those halcyonic months just before the tsunami of Covid-insanity hit the...
Electric vs. Combustion and CO2
Whatever one thinks of 'CO2' emissions - and this author, as readers are likely aware, remains unconvinced of the apocalyptic ravings of the climate lobby - one should at least be willing to look...
Homily for the Canonization of Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoztzin
APOSTOLIC VISIT TO TORONTO,
TO CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA AND TO CIUDAD DE MÉXICO
CANONIZATION OF JUAN DIEGO CUAUHTLATOATZIN
HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHER JOHN PAUL II
Mexico City, Wednesday July 31, 2002
1. "I thank you, Father ... that you...
Saint Juan Diego, Hidden Keeper of the Tilma
Amare nesciri - 'love to be unknown' - exhorted Saint Philip Neri (+1595), founder of the Oratorians, who himself was an unknown young tutor in Florence, living in a loft, in the early 16th...
Tallis’ Gaude Gloriosa
For this Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception - and a blessed one may it be - here is the opening section to a motet to the glorious Virgin Mother of God by the great...
I am the Immaculate Conception
Que soy era Immaculada Concepciou - I am the Immaculate Conception
These are the words Our Lady said to Saint Bernadette Sobirous, which she spoke in the local French patois, when the young saint asked...
Pope John Paul II’s Last Sermon on the Immaculate Conception
HOLY MASS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 150th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE DOGMA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Wednesday, 8 December...
Pope Benedict and Saint Ambrose
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Saint Ambrose of Milan
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Holy Bishop Ambrose - about whom I shall speak to you today - died in Milan in the night between 3...
The Montreal Massacre at École Polytechnique
December 6th, the memorial of jolly Saint Nicholas, is also the sombre 35th anniversary of what is known as the 'Montreal Massacre' in 1989, when Marc Lepine, whose original name was Gamil Gharbi, killed...
Would the Real Saint Nicholas Please Stand Up?
Saint Nicholas of Myra (+343) has gone down in legend in more ways than one. His general story follows below, but through the years has developed into the genial 'Santa Claus', the rotund, cherubic...
Bill C-218 to Stop MAiD for Mental Illness
As part of the disastrous influence of Justin Trudeau's government, euthanasia continues its metastasis through the body politic of Canada. After its initial legalization in 2016, MAiD - medical murder-suicide, euphemistically, medical assistance in...
Pope Benedict and Saint John Damascene
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
John Damascene
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today I should like to speak about John Damascene, a personage of prime importance in the history of Byzantine Theology, a great Doctor...
The Legendary Saint Barbara
As Hilaire Belloc notes, a legend does not imply something isn't true; rather, it signifies some primordial truth so important that is has been preserved, even embellished. In this light, we should see the...
Xavier’s Fire for God and for Souls
Saint Francis Xavier – the relic of whose forearm, instrumental in the baptizing of tens of thousands made a tour around Canada a number of years ago – was one of those remarkable men...
Divine Courtship
I started reading Jesus the Bridegroom by Brant Pitre. In the first chapter of the book, he discusses how the ancient Jews viewed God and the Messiah as a divine bridegroom who wants to marry His...
