At Christmas we saw a weak baby, giving proof of our weakness. In today’s feast, we see a perfect man, hinting at the perfect Son who proceeds from the all-perfect Father. At Christmas the King puts on the royal robe of his body; at Epiphany the very source enfolds and, as it were, clothes the[…]
Day: January 8, 2025
Justin Trudeau and the Long, Long….Long Goodbye
Napoleon once quipped that if you want to discover a man’s character, don’t make him suffer; rather, give him power. By their fruits ye shall know them. The Canadian people – at least, enough of them – bestowed such power on Justin Trudeau when he was elected Prime Minister ten years ago – it seems[…]
The Wisdom of the Magi
When reading from the Gospel of St Matthew, in my mind and heart comes naturally the beautiful parallelism Pope Benedict XVI brought about the restlessness of these wise and that the restless that should characterise us as human beings. In his homily on the solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord of Sunday, 6 January[…]
Apostles of Joy: J.R.R. Tolkien and St. Philip Neri
(Here be some thoughts from Kaleb Hammond the connection between J.R.R. Tolkien and the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, specifically the ‘London Oratory’, in the midst of which Tolkien spent his formative years. We had hoped to post them on January 3rd, Tolkien’s birthday, but, well, the best laid plans and all that. Perhaps providential,[…]