of all devotions, devotion to her makes for the most effective consecration and conformity to him. The more one is consecrated to Mary, the more one is consecrated to Jesus. (Saint Louis de Montfort, +1716)
Month: April 2025
Saints Peter Chanel and Louis Grignon de Montfort
On this 28th of April we celebrate two Saints: Saint Peter Chanel (+1841) who evangelized the island of Futuna in the South Pacific – the first to bring the Gospel to a people who had never heard of Christianity. He was tireless and indefatigable in the midst of very difficult and discouraging conditions, and, like many[…]
Per Transisset Sabbatum et Terra Tremuit
For this Sunday’s musical offering, here first is John Taverner’s (c.1490 – 1545) ‘Dum Transisset Sabbatum‘, signifying Christ’s victory over death after His burial. Our Schola sang this glorious piece at Seat of Wisdom College sang for our graduation Mass yesterday: And here is William Byrd’s (1540 – 1623) very short motet Terra Tremuit, which was[…]
A World in Need of God’s Mercy
As we are now in the Feast of the Divine Mercy, I am listening once again those powerful poetic words, which came from Pope St John Paul II, at the Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Łagiewniki in 2002: How greatly today’s world needs the mercy of God! In every continent, from the depth of human suffering, a[…]
Subsidiarity Subverted: Mark Carney’s Politics of Power Outside the Moral Law
As Canadians approach the snap federal election on April 28, they must confront a reality more disquieting than any partisan rivalry: the installation of Mark Carneyas prime minister, not through democratic mandate, but through elite consensus. Unelected, unaccountable, and parachuted into power through backroom arrangements, Carney represents a paradigmatic shift, not just in Canadian politics,[…]
Divine Mercy Sunday
‘Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe’… ‘My Lord and my God!’ (Jn. 20:18). Today is Low Sunday, known also as Divine Mercy Sunday; and we celebrate the end of the Easter Octave. For eight days we have contemplated the post-Resurrection appearances of Our Lord. These affirm[…]
Mark’s Gospel is True History
The four canonical Gospels are without question the four most important books ever written. These books give us an inerrant portrait of Jesus Christ, God Himself made incarnate. However, they also have come under a great deal of attack, particularly during the course of the last two centuries. In this article, I intend to focus[…]
Our Lady’s Good Counsel
Our Lady of Good Counsel – Mater Boni Consilii – is one of the many titles of the Virgin Mary, this one dating back indirectly to the 5th century, when Pope Sixtus III provided material and spiritual aid to a church dedicated to Our Lady in the Italian town of Genazzano, whose citizens had contributed[…]
Saint Mark and the Resurrection
At Easter Sunday Mass, you heard the closing verses of Saint Mark’s Gospel, or almost so. I say “almost” because our lectionary omits the final verse. That is unfortunate, for those few words are crucial for understanding the message Mark has for us. Perhaps the reason for their omission comes from the fact that this[…]
The Urgent Gospel of Saint Mark
Saint Mark, writer of the Gospel and first bishop of Alexandria, was the missionary companion and amanuensis of Saint Peter, the first pope. The third-century theologian Saint Hippolytus (and repentant anti-Pope) claims that Mark was one of the seventy disciples sent forth by Christ, meeting up with Saint Paul (he is likely the ‘John Mark’[…]