To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain. (Saint Ignatius of Loyola, +1556)
Month: July 2023
Solomon’s Demise and Christ’s Cure
When we hear that someone was “born with a silver spoon in his mouth” we think of a man being born into much wealth with many worldly opportunities. Today’s first reading (1 Kings 3.5-12) discusses King Solomon and in many ways this silver spoon expression applies to him. Solomon was born about 1000 years before[…]
Seventeenth Sunday: Choosing the Highest Good
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all he had and bought it (Mt. 13:45-46). ⧾ All of the parables, the long ones and even the shortest of them, like the one on the pearl of great[…]
Pastor Pawlawski’s Witness
Pastor Arthur Pawlowski has been found guilty of “inciting mischief and eco-terrorism”, a charge that could result in a ten-year prison sentence. You may recall his uncompromising resistance to the Covidian tyranny imposed on Canadian citizens. Totalitarian regimes can hardly do otherwise, for Pawlowski acted in public defiance, and if his example were permitted to[…]
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College New Promo Video
Take a minute – quite literally – to peruse Seat of Wisdom‘s new promotional video. A Catholic liberal arts college, we offer a three-year baccalaureate, immersed in the tradition of the Church, and we are are the only university or college in Canada recommended by the Cardinal Newman Society in their Newman Guide. We will[…]
Quo Vadis, Quebec?
“If the Church were to be removed from the world, in a short time the world would end.” St. John Henry Newman Twenty years ago, I attended a UK press screening of The Barbarian Invasions, by Quebec director, Denys Arcand, who had brought his film to London. The film was a snapshot of Quebec, circa[…]
Parents Take Note: Recent FDA Ruling Means Minors Will be Able to Pick up Birth Control as Easily as a Pack of Gum
(Even in Canada, ahead of the curve into the descent into amorality in so many other ways, you at least still need a prescription from a medical professional to get the so-called ‘birth control pill’. But no longer in the United States under the ‘leadership’ of Biden – you can buy the dangerous drug as[…]
Borden’s Burdensome Tax
On this day, in 1917, Prime Minister Robert Borden – whose mustachioed visage is on the $100 bill – imposed an income tax on Canadians, varying from 4 -25% of one’s income, in large part to pay for the costs of the First World War into which our Dominion was drawn, the ‘war to end[…]
A man who prays lives out the mystery of existence, and a man who does not pray scarcely exists. (Saint Charbel Maklouf, +1898)
The Enigma of Parables
It is odd to find an explanation of a parable, given that its purpose is to tease the imagination, inviting the hearer to uncover its meaning. Consequently, to be effective a parable should have something mysterious about it, something to intrigue the audience, rather like the “unspeakable groanings” [ or “sighs too deep for words”[…]