The Mystery of Salvific Suffering
As we move towards Holy Week in this last week of Lent – in the midst of this global crisis, the unfolding effects of which are almost unknowable –... Read more.
Ad Orientem, et Pro Populo
The Bishop of Boise, Idaho, Peter F. Christensen, has specifically forbidden his priests, even in their ultra-private Masses now mandated, from celebrating ‘ad... Read more.
Stats, Reality and Repentance
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics… So quipped Mark Twain, and, in the main, he was right. Statistics can be made to say pretty much... Read more.
Hope and Joy in these Latter Lenten Days
We are getting towards the latter days of the great journey of Lent, – and this has been a Lent to end all Lents, at least in our brief lifetimes. The word... Read more.
The Re-Consecration of England Through Our Lady of Walsingham
Tomorrow, March 29th, in the year of Our Lord 2020, five centuries after the beginning of what is known as the ‘Protestant Reformation’, England is being... Read more.
Finding a Balance
Aristotle wrote that virtue resides in a mean, a balance between two extremes, finding that sweet spot in the middle whereby one does the right thing, at the right... Read more.
King David’s Take on Covid
Back in biology class, we debated whether viruses were ‘alive’. They’re certainly the lowest form of living thing, if living at all. They cannot move themselves,... Read more.
The Necessity of Receiving the Really Real Reality of the Eucharist
Catholics in many regions – more or less all of Canada – can no longer attend Mass, or receive Holy Communion, with few exceptions. There are certain ‘private’... Read more.
A Short Exegesis on the Our Father
As the prayer taught by Christ Himself, the ‘Lord’s Prayer’ is the most ‘perfect’ of vocal prayers, summing all that we might ask and petition from God... Read more.
Supernatural Priorities
‘Tis not easy at a time like this to think rationally – for the world is entering a rather uncertain phase of history, to put it uncertainly, with God truly... Read more.