Fourth Sunday of Easter: Hearing the Voice of the Good Shepherd

I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep (Jn. 10:11). Today is Good Shepherd Sunday and as we...

The Case Against Pornography

But the snake said to the woman: “You certainly will not die! God knows well that when you eat of it your eyes will...

The Mary Enigma

(On this commemoration of Saint Bernadette Soubirous, it seems fitting to post this reflection from a new contributor from Ireland, Dr. A.E. Dundon, on...

Third Sunday of Easter: Christ, the Atoning Sacrifice

Jesus Christ the righteous…he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole...

Masterpieces of Easter Music

The original Gregorian chant of the traditional Easter sequence, Victimae paschali laudes, which goes back to the 11th century, perhaps to Wipo of Burgundy,...

The Case Against Abortion

(In light of today's commemoration of Saint Margaret of Castello, patroness of the unborn, and of Arizona's recent instantiation of pro-life laws protecting the...

Thomas Aquinas and Natural Law Theory

Introduction Natural law is a theory in ethics and philosophy that says that human beings possess intrinsic values that govern their reasoning and behavior.  Natural...

Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów

We celebrate Saint Stanislaus today (+ April 11, 1079), bishop and martyr, who accepted the episcopacy only at the direct order of Pope Alexander...

The Eclipse and the Via Negativa

An eleven-year-old boy in our neighbourhood told me that for today’s eclipse passing through Eastern Ontario, he was going to fill up a big...

Divine Mercy Sunday and the Pierced Side of Christ

‘Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe’… ‘My Lord and my God!’ (Jn. 20:18)). Today is Divine...