Calling the saints to mind inspires or rather arouses in us, above all else, a longing to enjoy their company, so desirable in itself (Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, +1153)
Month: October 2020
Beatification of Servant of God Father Michael McGivney, Live
(A note from Father Raymond de Souza, on today’s beatification of Servant of God, Father Michael McGivney) Dear Brother Priests, Parishioners and Friends, Praised be Jesus Christ! Now and forever! Today, Saturday, 31st October 2020, Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, will be beatified in Hartford, Connecticut. I am a Fourth Degree Knight[…]
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die. (G.K. Chesterton)
All Saints’, Real Conversion Therapy and Hope Amidst the Ruins
This is the eve of All Saints’ known affectionately in our era as ‘Halloween’, even if many may not knows the derivative of this now-mostly-pagan holiday, with ghouls and ghosts and bloodied zombies. The solemnity of All Saints goes back to its official institution by Pope Gregory III (731 – 741), during what we know[…]
Slovakia, Soccer Stars and the Great Reset
Could this happen in Canada? One wonders, with all those detention centres being constructed in remote locations, for reasons that are opaque, to which Randy Hillier could receive no clear answer. As one person wrote to me, Slovaki is the California of Covid trends – on the cusp of the curve. Here’s hoping we derail[…]
Terror in France, Then and Now
(It is difficult to believe that I wrote this piece five years ago, after a terrorist bomb attack in France at a soccer stadium, with at least one hundred killed. The slaughter of three people yesterday in the cathedral in Nice was not as numerically prominent by an illegal immigrant from Tunisia, but the fact[…]
Even if the forces of darkness appear to prevail, those who believe in God know that evil and death do not have the final say. (Pope Saint John Paul II)
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. (Anais Nin)
Courts, Cardinals and Constantine
Where does one even begin, as events outpace our capacity to absorb and assimilate them? The U.S. Senate, by a rather slim majority (52 to 48) has confirmed Mrs. Amy Coney Barrett as the newest member of the Supreme Court of the United States. We should bridle our enthusiasm, for if our hope is not[…]
Manliness, Courage and the Fear of Death
I recently returned from a trip to visit my family in Montreal and spend some time with old friends in the countryside nearby. Across the city and the small towns I visited I saw rainbow decals and drawings in windows. These weren’t gender ideological rainbows; nor were they reminders of the covenant. Underneath most of[…]