Novena to Saint Joseph!
As the saying goes, Ite ad Joseph! – Go to Joseph, and today marks the beginning of the novena to the Protector and Defender of Our Lady and the Christ. There... Read more.
Hitchens’ Thoughts on Francis
An intriguing take on this pontificate, with more than a note of tragedy, from Dan Hitchens, senior editor at First Things.... Read more.
Pope Francis Marks a Decade
Today, March 13th, is the tenth anniversary of the election of Jorge Bergolio as the 266th successor of Saint Peter, the first Pope from the ‘new world’,... Read more.
God thirsts, that we may thirst for Him (Saint Augustine, +430)... Read more.
Four Spaniards and a Saint?
On March 12th, 1622, Pope Gregory canonized Philip Neri, along with Ignatius Loyola, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Avila and Isidore the Farmer – or, as the Oratorian... Read more.
Byrd’s Ne Irascaris Domine – Be Not Angry, O Lord, Forever
For our Sunday musical offering this week, we present William Byrd’s sublime setting of the Lenten motet Ne Irascaris Domine, in four parts, first published... Read more.
Bill C-11 – Totalitarian Censorship of, well, Everything
Bill C-11 is a piece of government legislation designed to limit – that is, censor – ‘hate material’ on the internet and, as is the case... Read more.
It is the main earthly business of a human being to make his home, and the immediate surroundings of his home, as symbolic and significant to his own imagination... Read more.
Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope... Read more.
Loving Your Home
Sometime contributor to these pages, Rebecca Jacobson – and her own Mum – have a delightful and quite lovely blog, lovingyourhome, which is well worth... Read more.