Mater Ecclesiae and the Entrance into ‘Ordinary Time’
We celebrate today the memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church, as mentioned, made official by Pope Paul VI in 1964. During the Council, there was debate whether... Read more.
Palestrina’s Veni Sancte Spiritus
https://youtu.be/J0FdXADkCzs... Read more.
The Lord grants in a moment what we may have been unable to obtain in dozens of years. (Saint Philip Neri)... Read more.
Catholic Education, Whither Art Thou?
The Catholic School Board of Waterloo was going to fly a flag in solidarity – so to speak – with ‘Pride Month’. The emblem showed stick figures... Read more.
All battles are first won or lost, in the mind (Saint Joan of Arc, +1431)... Read more.
Sanity in the Courtroom, and a Clarion Call
In a case recently decided in favour of a tanning salon – of all things – filed by owner James Mainer against the strictures of an ever-more Stalinesque... Read more.
Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses. (Pope Saint Paul VI, +1978)... Read more.
Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are. (Saint... Read more.
A Little Mozart and Bach to Lift Your Spirits
At the suggestion of a reader, here is Mozart’s Laudate Dominum, a version of the briefest of the Psalms, 117/118, from his 1780 ‘Vespers for a Confessor’,... Read more.
Benedict, John Paul II and Freedom
Pope Emeritus Benedict wrote a brief reflection on the hundredth anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s birth, which is well worth a read, as a reflection of a... Read more.