Everything, even sweeping, scraping vegetables, weeding a garden and waiting on the sick could be a prayer, if it were offered to God (Saint Martin de Porres +1639)... Read more.
For if he were not expecting that those who had fallen would rise again, it would have been superfluous and foolish to pray for the dead. But if he was looking to... Read more.
A Saintly Major-General
It is impressive, fitting for this Solemnity – and a quasi-litany as a bonus: ... Read more.
Palestrina’s Iesu Rex Admirabilis
The feast of Christ the King (in the usus antiquior) was put in place on this last Sunday of October to counteract so-called Reformation Sunday, for the Protestants... Read more.
The Conversion of Eva Vlaandinerbroek
We cradle Catholics all feel a bit of a boost when we hear of converts, especially of the famous sort, even if we also welcome the infamous, the non-famous, the... Read more.
Gerhard Cardinal Müller and the Synod
I going to write a few words on the Synod on Synodality, as it wraps up its first phase (phase II next October) and may yet do so, but I could hardly do better than... Read more.
Trudeau’s Tinfoil Hat
One of the worst of logical fallacies – which is to say, the weakest – is the ad hominem argument. That is, instead of responding to your opponent’s... Read more.
Testimony of an Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Alumnus
Dr. Patrick McNeely – it is disconcerting writing that, as I knew him in what seems like yesterday as a fresh 18 year-old first year a number of years ago,... Read more.
Saint Evaristus, Third or Fourth Holy Father
Today’s Saint was Pope from the year 99, succeeding Saint Clement I – when the Apostle John was still alive – until his death in 107. Evaristus,... Read more.
Letter to the Editor
The demotion of God from public ceremonies has officially begun, with the Canadian Department of National Defense spokesperson Derek Abma’s October 20th directive,... Read more.