When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else. (Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman, +1890)
Year: 2021
A True Thomistic Versus an Oddly Ockhamist Josephology
In one of the most recent and popular books on Saint Joseph called Consecration to Saint Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father, Father Donald Calloway touches on the subject of the titles applied to the fatherhood of Saint Joseph.[1] He lists the various titles for the great Patriarch — legal, putative, spiritual, virginal, and[…]
The Great Green Grift
“Whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.” Mark 9, 42 On November 1, COP 26 will open in Glasgow. On that day, the UN’s Climate Change roadshow will begin its[…]
The Power of the Holy Rosary
Today, Wednesday 7 October 2021, the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. In the silence of my heart Pope Francis’ words, which he spoke during his general audience of October 2, 2020, still echo in my heart of hearts: Today is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. Especially during this[…]
An Open Letter to the President of the University of Guelph
Dr. Byram W. Bridle, PhD, who is Associate Professor of Viral Immunology, Department of Pathobiology at the University of Guelph has, in his own words, ‘had his life ruined’ because, in a rational and measured way, using objective science and empirical data, he dissents from certain draconian measures against the spread of Covid, including universal[…]
Lord God, you called Saint Bruno to serve you in a life of solitude. Amidst this world’s changes help us, by his prayers to set our hearts always on you. (From the Collect of Saint Bruno, the Carthusian, +1101)
The Suffering Secretary of the Divine Mercy
October 5th is the feast day of St Faustina Kowalska. This humble Polish nun was appointed by Jesus to be the Secretary of His unfathomable Mercy. It was Jesus himself who told her so, as we marvelously find out in her Diary entry 1605: You are the secretary of My mercy. I have chosen you for that[…]
Prepare for great battles. Know that you are now on a great stage where all heaven and earth are watching you. Fight like a knight, so that I can reward you. Do not be unduly fearful, because you are not alone (Our Lord to Saint Maria Faustina)
Mrs. Claudine Goller, Requiescat in Pace
It is with deep sadness and regret we announce the death of Mrs. Claudine Goller, long-time assistant editor and board member of Catholic Insight from its beginnings with Father de Valk, for many patient years proofreading much of his and others’ work, with her stylistic command of English. As her obituary put it: She was[…]
The Meaning of Man and a True Anthropology: Twenty Seventh Sunday
The Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. (Gen. 2:7). Our first reading from the Book Genesis on this Sunday directs our attention to the very beginning of our existence; man and woman created in God’s image and likeness to share God’s own life.[…]