Whenever we come to church, we must prepare our hearts to be as beautiful as we expect this church to be. Do you wish to find this basilica immaculately clean? Then... Read more.
Momentous Midterm Elections
The United States votes today, November 8th, in the middle of the four-year presidential term – which this time, seems like an eternity in Dante’s inferno... Read more.
Medicos Ad Inferos
Here in Canada we’ve gone from offering ‘medical assistance in dying’ to those on the point of death – in articulo mortis, as we used to... Read more.
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant... Read more.
Compassion, my dear Brother, is preferable to cleanliness. Reflect that with a little soap I can easily clean my bed covers, but even with a torrent of tears I would... 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.
The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint.” (French Catholic novelist Leon Bloy)... Read more.
Courage is found in unlikely places. (J.R.R. Tolkien)... Read more.
Hell for Modern Man
In light of today’s feast, and Saint Jude’s own warning of the wages of sin, this reflection on hell in a modern key provides some food for thought.... Read more.