Wisdom is vindicated by all her children. (Luke 7:35)
Year: 2024
Kamalogorrhea
An intriguing clip, with Kamala Harris facing an interviewer who at least tries to get her to answer a direct question about the number of illegal and unvetted immigrants. Even Brett Baier’s dogged perseverance does not prevail against Harris’ passive-aggressive logorrhea – apparently, a key tactic in her refusal to answer questions directly. I wouldn’t[…]
Canada Up in Smoke
(A retrospect on the legalization of cannabis in Canada, now six (!) years ago. The stultifying and enervating effects of this drug may in some small part explain why so many Canadians went so sheepishly along with unilateral imposition of totalitarian protocols a few years ago, which our forefathers would not have tolerated, nor even[…]
I would rather die and come to Jesus Christ than be king over the entire earth. Him I seek who died for us; Him I love who rose again because of us. (Saint Ignatius of Antioch, +108)
Raw Lies and Half-Baked Truths
“What is truth?” said jesting Pilate, and would not wait for an answer. There are those who do not want to hear the truth. Such people may seem to be congenital liars who can barely stand to be in the presence of truth-tellers. The liars regard the truth-tellers as fools who can be easily duped[…]
St Teresa of Avila: A Practical Spiritual Companion on our Spiritual Journey
One of the great spiritual masters of all time is Saint Teresa of Avila, whose feast we celebrate today. Her teaching and example offer us immense help in our own spiritual journey. Teresa lived in a very difficult time in the history of the Church. On the one side you had burgeoning Protestantism, which posed[…]
Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us. (Saint Teresa of Avila, +1582)
A Review of the Bishop Fulton Sheen Compilation, ‘On the Demonic’
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, compiled and edited by Fr. Dave Tomaszycki, On the Demonic, Emmaus Road Publishing, 2024. In his book Those Mysterious Priests published in 1974, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen desired to write an entire book on the Demonic. It was a theme he frequently dealt with, though often not in great detail in[…]
28th Sunday: Eucharist Means Thanksgiving
(From our archives, for this Thanksgiving Sunday) On this mountain the Lord of Hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food (Is 25:6). Throughout our nation in what we can claim as a truly North American tradition, Canadians are observing Thanksgiving Day. In the observance of what is essentially a harvest festival, we[…]
Pope Saint John and Openness to the Holy Spirit
As we celebrate the feast of the Papa Buono, the Good Pope as he was affectionately referred to, Pope St John XXIII, what comes to my mind and heart are the words uttered by Pope Francis during the homily of canonization of this together with the other Pope, St John Paul II, at St Peter’s[…]