‘Be ye holy, as your Father in Heaven is Holy’ Mathew 5: 48 Everything passes away, only God remains. In the mysterious economy of grace...

Country life involves much more manual labour than life in the city. A prime example is wood heat (although, of course, not everyone in...

I tended to her eye and checked her hooves and whispered words of affection in her soft, felt-like ear. I love her more, because she is weak

Detachment is not indifference. One can and must work hard. It is part of the duty of the moment to utilize fully one's capabilities and ene

The nature of weeds and how to grow in the spiritual life.

I know that it is worth it. Those calculations of what is and is not 'worth it' fall apart quite quickly when you love...

Eliminating all external distractions is certainly no guarantee of a strong and deep prayer life, and this I can attest to from personal, re

In the words of GK Chesterton, when asked why he became Catholic: there are 10,000 reasons to be Catholic and the all boil down to one-...

On December 12, 2023, Peel Regional Police laid second-degree murder charges against Kenneth Law in the suicide deaths of 14 people in...

"Mary said: * What manner of salutation is this? My soul is troubled. Shall I bear the King? And will He not break the seal of my...

"O come, O come, Emmanuel And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear" Advent, in the Catholic...

When I was growing up my dad would often end family debates by calling for the Oxford Dictionary to be brought forth from its prominent...

It is cold outside. The calendar says it's spring, but a blanket of snow covers the city. The sun has set, and darkness has fallen....

Christ is King, Catholic Church and Coversion

On a dreary, cloudy afternoon in October, I attended the funeral of my friend and long-time neighbor. There was only a handful of people...

On July 30, 1922, in Beaconsfield England the great writer and journalist GK Chesterton was received into the Catholic Church. When asked...