At every Maronite Mass I have celebrated, I add the names of St John and (Blessed) John Henry Newman, after that of St Maroun in the remembrance of the saints. […]

Read more

God is divine, we are human, animals are sentient, plants are organic, and minerals are matter. This is the hierarchy or sacred order of existence, and so the peak of the […]

Read more

This matter is quite sad, almost heart-breaking. Read the material at these links. It speaks for itself. https://www.dailywire.com/news/24423/porn-star-kills-herself-after-being-bullied-amanda-prestigiacomo https://www.dailywire.com/news/25728/tragic-lonely-porn-star-dies-age-20-fourth-dead-amanda-prestigiacomo I did not immediately post them when I first read of […]

Read more

A friend has drawn my attention to this remarkable article: “The Data on the Death of Religious Orders”, by two academics, Jack P. Oostveen and David L. Sonnier, at https://onepeterfive.com/data-death-religious-orders/ That […]

Read more

There was food for thought in Jordan Peterson’s recent interview by an English television journalist who was woefully out of her depth. She spent the entire interview misrepresenting him in […]

Read more

I shall be updating this piece from time to time. However, it will be a useful resource as this tragic sexualisation of culture continues. It is not that sexuality has […]

Read more

Here are three news items: first, Noam Chomsky being interviewed on the topic: “What We Really Want” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CFwSQiTu3I The interviewer begins saying, in a very self-satisfied way, that he and […]

Read more

The Psalmist had it right in Psalm 146: place your most profound trust in God, not in princes or politicians, or indeed any human being. It does not mean that […]

Read more

Part One The road to balance is a long hard one. There are moments when one’s state is so high that it seems as if one will always be lifted […]

Read more

The Sydney Morning Herald’s weekend edition of 17-18 September 2016, had an article titled: “Dramatic changes needed as childhood obesity normalised” (pp. 8-9).  Sadly, one in five children in NSW […]

Read more