Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
REVIEW: Sorrows and Joys — Colin Ian Jeffery ISBN: 978197459830 Paperback £5.14 Amazon or any good bookshop Collection of 212 poems Colin Ian Jeffery is a leading Christian poet and all poems in this collection have been published in newspapers, magazines and anthologies. The collection gives an insight into the driving forces behind his poetry,[…]
Today is the memorial of Blessed Juvenal Ancina, not much known in the wider world, but a beatified member of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, and the only one of the ‘beati’ to have known ‘Father Philip’ personally, dying a decade or so after his spiritual mentor in 1604. Bd. Juvenal was a kind[…]
The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist, or more colloquially his beheading, is a memorial in the Church, unlike his birth, commemorated on June 29th, celebrated as a solemnity. Most saints, the day of their death is their primary feast day, but with Saint John, it was his birth that signified the coming of the[…]
I have received some feedback on my article on the atomic bombings, both positive and negative. The ‘comments’ section below the article in Crisis signifies a deep, moral division, even amongst conservative and otherwise sane Catholics. If we permit intrinsic evil, the whole moral edifice unravels, something Pope John Paul strove to make clear in[…]
What can one say about Saint Augustine, the great bishop and doctor of the Church, who died on this day in the year of Our Lord 430, in the midst of the invasion of the Vandals, a barbarian horde which streamed into North Africa (then Roman territory) from the tip of Spain now known as[…]
I have an article published this morning in Crisis magazine on the evils of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, responding to an author (Deacon Jim Russell) who wrote on August 7th (between the anniversary of the two bombings, on the 6th and 9th) justifying Truman’s decision to ‘test’ the nuclear bomb on cities containing[…]
Tonight is the fight between Floyd Mayweather, a seasoned 40 year old boxer who has never lost a professional match, and Conor McGregor, a 27 year old MMA fighter who has only been in a relatively small number of contests. The odds are 11 to 1 in favour of the older guy, for boxing is[…]
If you have a few moments, read and ponder the Holy Father’s recent address on matters liturgical. Nothing absolutely new, but the trend of things is evident. We will see where all this goes, as the ‘reform’ of the Liturgy continues, an as I head off to a wedding tomorrow in the usus antiquior. May[…]
With all the immigrants, purported refugees, if you will, streaming across the border into Canada, we are perforce becoming what is euphemistically termed a more and more ‘multicultural society’. but one must stop and ponder just what on means by ‘multiculturalism’. Enjoying an Indian curry? A bit of Irish dancing? Hearing a wee bit of[…]
Canada will no longer require gender, well, at least on passports. It seems now individuals confused on what sex God made them can place an ‘X’ where ‘M’ or ‘F’, at least previously to today, the only options (curious, that the X chromosome is what makes us, or the fairer half of this race, female,[…]
