Revolution and Year Zero – Vendémiaire?
The Peel District School Board – just outside of Toronto, Ontario, here in Canada – has just banned any books in its libraries published before 2008... Read more.
On hearing Christ’s voice, we open the door to receive him, as it were, when we freely assent to his promptings and when we give ourselves over to doing what must... Read more.
Jim Croce’s Last Love Ballad
Jim Croce died tragically in a plane crash on this day back in 1973, ironically, just as his music career was taking off. He was returning from a long time away... Read more.
Million Person March
We send our prayers and good wishes to the Million Person March this morning, in Ottawa, and elsewhere across Canada. May their witness, on this feast of the Martyrs... Read more.
This is my last hour of life, listen to me attentively: if I have held communication with foreigners, it has been for my religion and for my God. It is for Him that... Read more.
Liquefaction
So, to end my wondering as per the post today, the blood of Saint Januarius did liquefy, as it does a few times per year, by all accounts, miraculously. At least,... Read more.
The Enduring Message of La Salette
On September 19th, 1846, Maximin Giraud and Mélanie Calvat, two shepherd children were coming home from tending their flock outside the picturesque hamlet of La... Read more.
Becoming Eunuchs for the Kingdom: What Gives?
In Matthew’s Gospel (19:12) Our Lord exhorts us to become ‘eunuchs’, which is not to be taken too literally, even if there are rumours the third-century theologian... Read more.
Peace and union are the most necessary of all things for men who live in common, and nothing serves so well to establish and maintain these as the forbearing charity... Read more.
Let us then remember one another, united in mind and heart. Let us pray without ceasing, you for us, we for you; by the love we share we shall thus relieve the strain... Read more.