Keeping Up With Humour
An apparently disgruntled reader took some umbrage at my take on Grumblin’ Greta, describing, au contraire, yours truly as the ‘humourless’ one,... Read more.
Blessed Emilie Tavernier’s Love of the Poor
For an official biography of today’s home-grown Canadian saint, Emilie Tavernier, the youngest of fifteen children – yes, large families are quite conducive... Read more.
Joyful Pio and Angry Greta
Before we leave Padre Pio in the liturgical rearview mirror, an anecdote that sort of captures the man, who lived his Faith, as do all the saints, and should we... Read more.
With unceasing blows of healing chisel and careful stripping away, the divine Artificer seeks to prepare stones to build an eternal dwelling… In the same way,... Read more.
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live – Pope Saint John Paul II... Read more.
Oxymoronic Synodality, Blackface and Green Truancy
‘Binding synodality’ we add to the list of oxymorons – those obviously incompatible concepts that people still stick together. Synods, that is,... Read more.
Enter by the narrow gate, for the gate is wise and way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way... Read more.
My very dear brethren, know this: our Lord Jesus, coming down here, himself suffered pains beyond counting: by his Passion he founded the Church and by the passion... Read more.
The Indomitable Faith of Taegon, and Korea
Catholicism was brought to Korea by scholars in the 18th century, via books written in Chinese. When missionaries arrived in the early 19th century, they were surprised... Read more.
And so it is that anyone who lives wickedly in the sight of those over whom he has authority is killing them, even the strong ones, as far as he is able. Whoever... Read more.