Agatha, her goodness coincides with her name and way of life. She won a good name by her noble deeds, and by her name she points to the nobility of those deeds. Agatha, her mere name wins all men over to her company. She teaches them by her example to hasten with her to the[…]
Year: 2024
Rabanus Maurus and the Veni Creator
February 4th is the traditional memorial of the the erudite Frankish monk, Rabanus Maurus (+856), one of the most learned men of his age, unfortunately and inaccurately called the ‘Dark Ages’, but which were, on the contrary, filled with much light. Rabanus is famous for many things – his holy life, first and foremost, his[…]
Why Can’t Canadians Be Bothered to Have Children?
Having children and raising them is a sacrificial act, or, rather, an unending series of sacrificial acts over many years. One must give of oneself, all of oneself, daily, hourly, minutely, to the new life, or lives, that one bears. Once that baby comes into the world, you’re in it for at least 18 years,[…]
The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and Consecrated Life
On Friday 2 February, we celebrated the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord. In the presentation of Jesus at the temple to the Father the Church also saw the role and mission of consecrated persons who give their lives to God. In his message for the first world Day for Consecrated Life, Pope Saint[…]
Christ, Consecration and Candlemas
A blessed feast of the Presentation to all our readers, which used to, and still may, be called Candlemas, a celebration of the light that is Christ, now revealed to the world; the Lumen gentium, outside of Whom there is only darkness. In the pre-1969 calendar, this day marks the end of the Christmas season,[…]
The Message of the Presentation
Are there passages from the Bible that frighten you, or at least make you think twice about yourself and your behaviour? Thomas Merton—a well-known religious figure of a generation ago—was made uneasy by Matthew 6.5: “Amen I say to you, they have received their reward,” words used by Jesus to describe the recognition the Pharisees[…]
Candlemas and the Keeping of the Law
When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph brought the child Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (Lk. 2:22). ⧾ Today we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and acknowledge Him as a light for revelation to the Gentiles and[…]
Canada’s Continued Descent into the Culture of Death
I had no idea this proposed legislation even existed, until now. Bill C-3 is in its third reading, and all it needs is royal assent from a pliant ‘king’ to become the law of the land, as Canada continues its descent into the depths of the culture of death, under Trudeau and his Libranos. Here[…]
Nine for Me, None for Thee
As our own Messieurs Trudeau and Guilbeault plan to ‘phase out’ gas-powered vehicles by 2030 – bonnes chances with that, and which really means that only the ‘elite’ will have cars – why does the climate-zealot, no-carbon munchkin Ms. Thurnberg need nine of them, while so many of can scarcely find one? Why does Greta[…]
Tattoo You?
(Here is a re-post of an article I wrote seven or so years ago now, and I’ll keep harping until this unsightly practice is wiped from the face of the earth. And speaking of wiping off the face, here is a recent admission by comedian and actor Peter Davidson on the blisteringly painful process of[…]