Your accumulated offences do not surpass the multitude of God’s mercies: your wounds do not surpass the great Physician’s skill – Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (+386)
Year: 2022
The Pied Vipers of Inaina – A Fairy Tale By Brother Grimm
Once upon a time, in a world far away, there arose and advanced the militant Captitans who built their multi-windowed fortress Inaina upon a dark promontory faithfully overlooking the states of Men. They hated Men because there were too many for their liking, and mere Men were of less worth, their lives of less value,[…]
Saint Patrick and the Emerald Isle: Erin Go Bragh!
A very happy Saint Patrick’s Day, to all our readers, which this year is still toned down by the insidious Covid-19 virus – or, now a year on, our reaction to said virus – playing upon our imaginations in ways that seem to far outstrip its actual lethality. Still, in the midst of all the[…]
In the Footsteps of the Martyrs
Saint Jean de Brebeuf was put to death, after horrific tortures, on this day, March 16th, 1649, and his companion, Saint Gabriel Lalemant, surviving until the following morning. A more full account of the martyrs may be found here. Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College is off on our annual pilgrimage to Martyrs’ Shrine in[…]
Consecration and Conversion
It has been announced that the Holy Father will formally consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on Friday, March 25th, the solemnity of the Annunciation (and the Incarnation). Readers may peruse the convoluted history and debate on the consecration of Russia, requested by Our Lady of Fatima, and whether it has[…]
To comprehend the nature of a thing is to unlock the mysteries of its present, and more, to disclose the profundities of its future – Hilaire Belloc
Close Calls and Conscience
On February 28th, the U.S. Senate voted on a bill that would have legalized the ‘right’ for a mother to ‘terminate her pregnancy’ for all nine months of pregnancy, no questions asked. This would effectively turn all of America into New York, or, for that matter, Canada, abortion-wise, a tragic result much worse than Roe[…]
Gerard Manley Hopkins’ The Wreck of the Deutschland: Searching for God in Suffering
In The Wreck of the Deutschland, Gerard Manley Hopkins vividly presents the struggle of man to see the hand of God in the midst of apparent evil. Hopkins explores this theme by telling of the wreck of a ship going from Germany to America. The event, which took place on December 6-7 in the same[…]
Ontario Provincial Conservative Politics: How Did We Get Here?
This article is the first part of a two-part series on conservative politics in Ontario Provincially and Federally. This article is intended for those interested in getting to know the “who is who” of Ontario provincial politics. After nearly 700 days since the start of government mandates and extensions of emergency powers in Ontario, political[…]
Pope John Paul’s Second Last Second Sunday of Lent
(Here are a few words from the great Pontiff, from his second last Lent in 2004) JOHN PAUL II ANGELUS Second Sunday of Lent, 7 March 2004 1. “Jesus took Peter, John and James, and went up onto a mountain to pray” (Lk 9:28): this is how the Gospel of the Transfiguration of Christ begins,[…]