Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
It is said that princes and noblemen at public schools in England each had their own ‘whipping boy’, a low-born student who would take their punishments for them, since it was infra dignitatem to actually cane a prince. The theory goes, seeing one of his friends, however distant and beneath him, take the hit would[…]
The Carmelite Order traces its spiritual roots back to the prophet Elijah, but its practical foundation was in the twelfth century, round about the same time as the Franciscans and Dominicans. In such long-standing institutions, there is the principle: Semper reformanda est – that they are always in need of reform (well, the unique Carthusians[…]
John Lennon was shot and killed outside his New York studio apartment by a deranged fan on this day forty years ago – the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception – at the rather tender age of forty, six hours after signing an autograph for his future murderer – an act of kindness, and one never[…]
In these early days of Advent, we celebrate one of the most popular of saints, of whom we actually don’t know all that much. That he was born in Myra – now in Turkey – where he was bishop most of his life seems certain; he is also called ‘of Bari’, a coastal city in[…]
We’re living in an era of obfuscation or, to frame the matter more bluntly, a veritable blizzard of lies, ones that are difficult to discern, for they are either subtle and insidious, with the truth hidden in back rooms and off-camera, or so bold and brazen, told with such apparent confidence, that even those who[…]
A faithful reader mentioned that one or two of my columns have been a bit dire of late, but one must not wonder, for the times lend themselves to such reflections. The point, however, is not that the end of the world as we know it is around the corner, but, rather, that the world,[…]
The analogy to the 1981 John Carpenter film Escape from New York is a limited one, for Manhattan in the fictional account, turned into one giant prison – set in what seems a now nostalgic 1997 – at least has law enforcement on the fringes. The real-life city of Seattle of 2020, on the other[…]
I must confess that I had no idea today was the feast of Saint Joseph Moscati (+1927) medical man and miracle worker, who signifies in a vivid way not only the ideal to which every physician should strive, but also every layman: To strive for holiness, for divine charity and, by implication, for perfection in[…]
(I wrote this upon visiting my grandparents’ graves in Scotland two years ago, but seems a propos for this time as we especially remember our dead, and speed them into that heavenly kingdom…Editor) If for the Romanas it was ‘dulce et decorum pro patribus mori, sweet and proper to die for one’s nation, literally, one’s[…]
Could this happen in Canada? One wonders, with all those detention centres being constructed in remote locations, for reasons that are opaque, to which Randy Hillier could receive no clear answer. As one person wrote to me, Slovaki is the California of Covid trends – on the cusp of the curve. Here’s hoping we derail[…]
