In trial or difficulty, I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.” — Saint Therese of Lisieux
Year: 2022
Elizabeth, Regina, Requiescat in Pace
Queen Elizabeth has died, after a reign of 70 years, at the age of 96, at the royal residence of Balmoral, Scotland, on this, Our Lady’s Birthday. Requiescat in pace, and we may hope and pray that she, although never embracing the true Faith, availed herself from what faith she did have of God’s mercy[…]
Gerard Manley Hopkins and God’s Grandeur
A recital, and brief commentary, on Gerard Manley Hopkins’ 1877 poem, which provides a parable on the proper care for creation, and, perhaps, a lesson for the Schwaub, Thunberg, Trudeau and the WEF crowd:
Eternal (not Universal) Salvation Is Our Greatest Hope
Not long ago a theologian within the Eastern Orthodox tradition named David Bentley Hart released a new book entitled Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation in which he proposes that ultimately all people attain eternal salvation, regardless of what they believed or how they behaved during their earthly lives. For Hart, there is no such thing[…]
The Tragedy, and Hope, of Ireland
Ah, the Emerald Isle, the cradle of Catholicism for the British Isles, land of heroes and martyrs, of rousing and melancholic music, of large boisterous families, sending out missionaries across Europe and the world, what has become of ye’? Two windows into the tragedy that is Ireland, and her precipitous loss of the Faith: First,[…]
Babies, Rivers and Trees
In July 2022, Bangladesh became the first country to grant all of its rivers the same legal status as humans. The movement to grant legal status to nature began in 2008 when Ecuador became the first country to do so. Subsequently, Bolivia passed a similar law in 2011. In 2017 New Zealand became the first[…]
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act. (George Orwell)
Protecting Your Children
I don’t normally watch television, but was at someone’s home recently where the black box was on, projecting its neon images into eyes and minds. As we watched Jeopardy! (something I used to do with my dear Mum, who was devoted to the show), to my consternation, a government-sponsored commercial was aired urging parents to[…]
Saint Paulinus of Trier, Orthodoxy in Teaching and Church Unity
This last day of August is the liturgical feast of a great German saint, Saint Paulinus of Trier. Trier, previously known Trèves and Triers, is a city lies on the banks of the Moselle in Germany, between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the west of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, near the border of[…]
A Grandmother and a Bishop
When Bishop Guy Desrochers C.Ss.R. was consecrated as the Bishop of Pembroke Diocese in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, he brought with him a rich legacy of devotion to St. Anne, the grandmother of Jesus. Since 2011, Bishop Guy had been rector of the Basilica Shrine of St. Anne-de-Beaupre near Quebec City, so renowned as[…]