He loves, He hopes, He waits. Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep us waiting an instant. (Saint Maria Goretti, +1902)
Month: July 2023
Independence Day: Freedom From, and Freedom For
In the United States, we once again celebrate the anniversary of our Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on July 4th. Our forebears penned a document to express their dissatisfaction with the governance of the colonies in America by that Kingdom, and announced the formation of a new government, one that was meant to[…]
That’s A Nice Bank Account You Got There…Shame if Something Happened to It.
The headline has it that media commentator Nigel Farange is getting the Trudeau treatment: Not quite, but close: No reason has been given, but Farange thinks is because he’s not ‘toeing the line’ on various issues, he’s had his bank accounts closed, and cannot open any others. Trudeau, on the other hand, ordered the bank[…]
Saints Elizabeth of Portugal and Antoine Daniel
On this day we honour Elizabeth of Portugal (+1336), who lived in the turbulent time at the dawn of the fourteenth century. She was a queen, wife, mother, widow, peacemaker, and a third order Franciscan who, after her irate and troublesome husband’s death (whom she sanctified, as much as his coarser soul could take, it[…]
The times we are going through are difficult because cruel persecution of the Church is raging. But you bold and good young people should not be afraid of this small thing; remember that the Church is a divine institution and cannot come to an end. She will last till the end of the world. Not[…]
Blessed Ignatius Falzon: A Passion for the Gospel and for Malta
A man of great passion for preaching the Gospel and the teaching of the Catholic faith These were the words which Pope Saint John Paul II used when declaring him blessed together with a priest, Father George Preca and a nun, Sister Maria Adeodata Pisani OSB. I am speaking of Blessed Ignatius Falzon whom the[…]
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:5-6)
Saint Thomas, Apostle
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter’s Square Wednesday, 27 September 2006 Thomas the twin Dear Brothers and Sisters, Continuing our encounters with the Twelve Apostles chosen directly by Jesus, today we will focus our attention on Thomas. Ever present in the four lists compiled by the New Testament, in the first three Gospels he is[…]
The Rainbow, the Maple Leaf and True Repentance
R.R. Reno is onto something with his claim that the ‘rainbow flag’ means far more than tolerance and all getting along, but an entire new regime, a metaphysical revolution, a transvaluation of all values – the only ‘value’ being an vague and vacuous tolerance, and a hedonistic pursuit of pleasure and one’s own view of[…]
How I grieve, my God, that you are not known, that this savage country is not yet wholly converted to faith in you, that sin is not yet blotted out! – Saint Jean de Brébeuf, missionary and martyr, +1649