Corrigenda, College and Manson
A correction to a recent post, in which I mentioned that the Canadian Military was hosting a job fair for transgenders. Well, it turns out that a transgender individual, whose sex I will not mention for fear of getting it ‘wrong’, is hosting said job fair, and has invited the Canadian Military. The comments from the officer, about valuable diversity and such, still stand. On guard. For thee. Or something to that effect.
College students are back in school today, as their teachers were legislated back to work by the Ontario government. Welcome to socialism 101, with schools, from Kindergarten to Ph.D. all under the sway of bureaucrats, and the legions of highly compensated comfortable professors, then the legions of sessional workers, living off the crumbs from their masters’ tables, with the legions of students in this morass, their education mostly underwritten by the taxpayer.
I am with Chesterton and the Church on this, that education should be a private affair, that is, mostly out of the hands of the government, a transaction between students and their teachers, so both students and money go where talent, truth and an integral education all coalesce in a wonderful harmony.
Charles Manson has died, of ‘natural causes’, apparently, going the way of all flesh. He was 83, thus living out a tad more than his ‘three score and ten’, a milestone he denied his victims. I am not sure how much good use Manson made of the time God gave him in prison to reflect and ponder and, hopefully, repent. What does one say about one of the most notorious of murderers and cult leaders, not just of the 20th century? Morality meant little to Manson, except to subvert it, incarnating that dictum of Nietzsche, that all values must be trans-valued, turned inside-out, the very doctrine and praxis of anti-Christ, moral chaos and anarchy.
We may hope that Mr. Manson made some sort of peace with God before shuffling off this mortal coil. There is more hope for his victims, one may suppose, whom Manson will now have to face, but God’s mercy is infinite, along with His justice, both coincident with His eternal Being. But God wills the salvation of all men, and will hound us to the very end. Some foxes, alas, will escape even the grasp of the Almighty, that whole mystery of free-will, liberum arbitrium, literally the ‘free choice’ we all must make for or against good and evil, heaven and hell, God and, well, the other…
A Closed, Unsustainable, Descending Loop
As a follow-up to my thoughts on Payette’s payout, here be a stark image of where are here in Canada. As the graph shows in, well, graphic terms, since 2025, the public sector has contributed to 95.5% of economic growth. The private sector – which funds the public sector, or is supposed to – has[…]Continue reading→
Remembering Father Alphonse de Valk
(Today marks the sixth anniversary of the death of Father Alphonse de Valk, C.S.B., a faithful, courageous and indefatigable Basilian priest, pro-life-and-family apostle, and the founder of Catholic Insight magazine. Here is what we wrote those on his entering into eternity five years ago, as we continue to remember him in our prayers and thoughts)[…]Continue reading→
Presidential Pardon of Weronika Krawczyk
As a good news, follow-up to our story from Poland, of the persecution of Weronika Krawczyk for her pro-life views, we heard that she has been granted a presidential pardon. One might still wonder why one needs a presidential pardon for simply holding the long-held belief that the child within the womb is a child,[…]Continue reading→
Pope Leo and a Rosary for Peace
Pope Leo XIV has asked Catholics across the world to join him in a Rosary for peace today, at 18:00 Rome time (6 pm), which would be noon from where I write (EST). If you are able, whether at that time or another, and in whatever way you pray, to join in intercession with the[…]Continue reading→
Payette’s Payout
I was glancing through some headlines, and noticed a mention of Julie Payette – engineer and astronaut and sometime the Queen’s representative in Canada – which brought back vague memories. She was appointed Governor-General by Justin Trudeau in 2017. Ms. Payette resigned in 2021, amidst claims that she created a ‘toxic work environment’, with allegations[…]Continue reading→
Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów
We celebrate Saint Stanislaus today (+ April 11, 1079), in light of this Easter Octave, a bishop and martyr who accepted the episcopacy only at the direct order of Pope Alexander II. He proved a wise and courageous leader of his flock, put to death by his own king, Boleslaus, for rebuking the monarch’s ‘immoral[…]Continue reading→
Weronika Krawczyk and Injustice in Poland
Catholic Action in Poland has issued a formal statement appealing to the President of the Republic of Poland to pardon Weronika Krawczyk—convicted for warning other women against an abortion-performing gynaecologist. Catholic Action (AK) emphasizes that no apology is owed to a doctor who has performed numerous abortions and proposed others; furthermore, the organization considers the[…]Continue reading→
Three Easter Musical Gems: Bach, Palestrina and Byrd
A very blessed and glorious Easter! Christus surrexit vere, alleluia! As we begin this Easter Octave with the great Solemnity of Easter, music to lift the soul would be one of Bach’s Easter cantatas, composed during his time at Leipzig in the early 1700’s, for the six Sundays of this festive season, leading up to[…]Continue reading→
Saint Isidore of Seville, the Internet and Industriousness
Today, April 4th, muted this year by Holy Saturday, is the commemoration of Saint Isidore of Seville (560-636) a bishop and doctor of the Church during a tumultuous age, when civilization was crumbling, coming apart at its very seams, which may sound sort of au courant. Then again, the form of this world has always[…]Continue reading→
An Ancient Homily for Holy Saturday
The time between Good Friday and Easter Sunday is one of waiting, in silence, as the world wonders – anticipates – what will happen, after the death of Christ. We re-live this time each year in the anamnesis of our liturgy, and in turn look forward to the glorious re-creation of all things at the[…]Continue reading→