His was the title of father of the Son of God, because he was the Spouse of Mary, ever Virgin. He was our Lord’s father, because Jesus ever yielded to him the obedience of a son. He was our Lord’s father, because to him were entrusted, and by him were faithfully fulfilled, the duties of[…]
Month: March 2025
The Popes on Saint Joseph
As the Church universal is jubilantly celebrating the feast of St Joseph on this day, it would be so beautiful to draw from the different Magisteria of Popes who spoke about this special saint. I am sure that the different reflections they want to offer us act as a great encouragement to love this extraordinary[…]
Five Years Ago…
A pithy paragraph from Mark Steyn, summing up much in a few words: It was five years ago that the entire western world except Sweden replaced various forms of self-government with a completely new, homogeneous system. In the west’s new lockdownocracies, no contradiction was too stupid not to be swallowed: the same “public health” officials[…]
A Reply to Bishop Strickland
I am humbled that Bishop Strickland not only took the time to read my few thoughts on two articles recently published on LifeSiteNews, but to respond at some length. Allow me to say a few words of clarification: I never accused Bishop Strickland of schism. Rather, I did claim that McCusker’s article, which Bishop Strickland[…]
The wider our contemplation of creation, the grander is our conception of God. (Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, +386/387)
Saint Jan Sarkander, Martyr for Confession and the Faith
Jan Sarkander (1576 – 1620) was a Polish Catholic priest, tortured to death by Protestants over the course of a month at the beginning of the Thirty Years War. Jan was born in Silesia, into a loving family – one sister and three brothers. He thought of becoming a priest, but decided to marry instead.[…]
Daily I expect to be murdered or betrayed or reduced to slavery if the occasion arises. But I fear nothing, because of the promises of heaven. (Saint Patrick, +5-6th c.)
Charitable Status to be, or not to be, Revoked – and Then Some: Whither the Church in Canada?
Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. (John 15:2) Many of the persecutions in history began as bland, bureaucratic laws. Latent therein, however, was deep evil. The persecutions in ancient Rome were a simple request to[…]
Motets in Honour of Two Very Just Men
Arvo Pärt , an Estonian composer (born 1935, and still going – those hardy Estonians!), is known for his method of tintinabulli, which is not, as may first seem to some readers, setting to music the wonderful comic dramas of Georges Remi, whose pen name was Hergé (even if that would be quite delightful). Rather,[…]
But our commonwealth is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power which enables him even to subject all things to himself. (Philippians 3:20-21)