If someone wishes to love himself he must not allow himself to be corrupted by indulging his sinful nature. If he wishes to resist the promptings of his sinful nature he must enlarge the whole horizon of his love to contemplate the loving gentleness of the humanity of the Lord. Further, if he wishes to[…]
Year: 2023
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.” (Anonymous)
Canada at the Gates of…
“It is gravely unjust to enact laws that legalize euthanasia or justify and support suicide, invoking the false right to choose a death improperly characterized as respectable only because it is chosen. Such laws strike at the foundation of the legal order: the right to life sustains all other rights, including the exercise of freedom.[…]
Pope Benedict’s Resignation, Ten Years On…
Today marks another sombre anniversary – it was ten years ago, on the last day of February, that Pope Benedict XVI officially resigned the papacy, with a brief address to the cardinals. As he said back then – in the original, speaking Latin: However, in today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken[…]
Saints Hilary and Cassian
A brief mention of two saints, both of whose commemorations fall on February 29th – the day of their deaths. Hence, on non-leap years they are moved to today, the 28th. I suppose the same happens to people with birthdays on that propitious leap day, when, as custom has it, women may propose to men,[…]
Benedict’s Legacy
(This was posted four years ago, but the few thoughts therein still seem relevant…) It was six years ago today that Pope Emeritus Benedict’s resignation from the papacy became official, leading to the conclave which elected Jorge Cardinal Bergoglio to take his place or, more properly, Christ’s place, as His vicar. That is not to[…]
In the face of my darkness, you are light. In the face of my mortality, you are life (Saint Gregory Narek, +1003)
First Sunday of Lent: Our Mess, and God’s Remedy
(A helpful meditation from parish priest Father Robert Weaver. I couldn’t help but just add as an intro that I’m intrigued by the three people put on the list of those we might like to meet. I’m not sure they’d be my top three – or, if they were, they would not be for reasons[…]
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost (G.K. Chesterton)
First Sunday: The Hope and Joy of Lent
‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him’ (Mt. 4:11). On Ash Wednesday we began the observance of the holy season of Lent with the imposition of blessed ashes, an external sign of our interior resolve to undertake Lenten penance. By the solemn forty days of Lent the Church unites herself each year to[…]