A Treasure To Be Shared

Just for Kicks When fortune's hand doth turn so cruelly as to bid us remember. Lamentation This we know: hard working Canadian men and women cannot afford housing. In a country blessed with abundance, with vast mineral resources, oil sands, fertile prairies and recovering fisheries, why is it that food and fuel costs are skyrocketing? Young people, having been subjected to one social experiment after another, are melting down in dangerous ways - the horrific Tumbler Ridge shooting should be a sobering reminder of the increasing disintegration and deepening despair. And even a cursory review of local news sites reveals an astonishing level of foreign interference in the national and regional economies, yet deals continue to be signed that give additional access to bad actors . Globalist-socialist-anything-but-noblest? Prime Minister Mark Carney, weekly Mass-goer, successful international banker, inherited the quagmire manufactured by Justin the Apostate. Sadly, it appears that PM Ca...

Religion, Society, and Culture Politics. Our American cousins and the Omar. Nine Lives Ilhan continues to hang on. One moment, her net worth was $30 million; the next, it dropped to under a million. Which is it? A reasonable question even her former allies are now asking. How does a sitting congresswoman with an annual salary of $174,000 per year manage to increase her net worth into the tens of millions of dollars in such a short period of time ? Speaking engagements? Investments? Did she seek financial advice from Nancy Pelosi? Hunter Biden? Former President Joe Biden? Was her previous estimate conflated with the income of her husband? Her troubles are piling up just as quickly as her wealth seems to be evaporating. Whether she is innocent or not, pray that justice may be served for the good of all souls. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD15LXg5WLQ&t=9s  Omar named in fraud scandal x.com/FoxNews/status/2057124901798936972  Fraud scandal https://rumble.com/v6i2771-watch-ilha...

Observations Human dignity stands as one of the most enduring pillars of moral and political philosophy. It asserts that every person possesses an intrinsic worth that precedes all social arrangements, legal systems, and cultural norms. This worth is not granted by the state, nor earned through achievement; it is inherent, rooted in the very fact of being human. To affirm dignity is to recognize that each person is a moral subject — capable of reason, freedom, and responsibility — and therefore must never be reduced to a mere instrument of another’s will. Dignity does not exist in isolation. It unfolds within the fabric of community, where individuals live, act, and pursue their flourishing. This is where the common good enters philosophical discourse. The common good is not the sum of private interests nor the triumph of collective power over the individual. Rather, it is the set of social conditions that allow persons — as individuals and as members of communities — to realize their ...

It used to be that people on the left of the political spectrum gave emphasis to social support systems but not to the detriment of assisting personal responsibility and positive business practices that empower people. Similarly, people to the right of the political spectrum, while giving emphasis to business and resilience did not turn away from the need to provide support for the less fortunate by enabling resources that funded social programs and responsible stewardship. The intellectuals and the young, booted and spurred, feel themselves born to ride us. —Eric Hoffer People on the left once demonstrated intellectual aptitude by being aware of diversity and dependencies while people on the right could see the need for unity in essentials and pragmatism. Right-sided people, while encouraging independence and resilience, did not marginalize interdependence to facilitate ideas that benefitted the common good. Left-sided people encouraged fairness and temperance to curb greed and exploi...

Religion, Society, and Culture Media. Stephen Colbert leaves his late night throne. Having had his feet held to the fire he helped to create, and subject to a loss of market share (declining viewership) indicative of a lack of actual comedy, Colbert leaves late night entertainment after more than 20 years in the spotlight. Some claim, he among them, that he is the victim of political interference . No doubt, he provided some untimely and unseemly pokes that got him the wrong kind of attention, at least to his way of thinking. If ya can't take the heat... . Perhaps he will use the off-air time to work on becoming less cafeteria and more Catholic. Religion. As the SSPX vs Holy See battle continues, those of us on the sidelines can and should pray, and avoid pouring gasoline on an already heated exchange. The Society has many beautiful and truly excellent attributes - love for the sacred liturgy, a robust devotional life, and authentic disciplined spirituality. However, obedience to...

"What do vampires and socialists have in common? Both are lifeless bloodsucking monsters that fear the light." Bloodthirsty undead feed on the innocent, all while reveling in the very systems that sustain their grim mission. Vampires inhabit the shadows of society. A vampire will even destroy another to protect its dominance. Vampire culture is parasitic, distorting elements of Christian culture: hospitality transforms into enabling illness, charity transforms into lust and indulgence, and hope transforms into confusion and despair. Vampire culture is fueled by an obsession with gaining and using power to control others and to push corrupt beliefs. The Vampire Slayer Key Principles of Justice in Catholic Social Teaching Dignity of the Human Person. At the heart of Catholic social teaching is the belief that every human life is sacred and possesses inherent dignity. This principle asserts that all individuals deserve respect and protection, which forms the foundation for justi...

At  Coram Fratribus Intellexi , the site of His Excellency Erik Varden, Bishop of Trondheim, there is a reminder that challenges the powers that be. Despite popular attitudes and policies and powerful movements aiming to stifle conscientious objectors who resist the dehumanizing spirit of the age, there is indeed a better way. 17 April 2026 ‘Without [a] demanding educational effort, passive adaptation to dominant paradigms will be mistaken for competence, and the loss of freedom for progress. This is all the more true in light of the spread of artificial intelligence systems, which increasingly shape and permeate our mentality and social environments. Like every great historical transformation, this too calls not only for technical competence, but also for a humanistic formation capable of making visible the logic behind economics, embedded biases and forms of power that shape our perception of reality. Within digital environments — structured to persuade — interaction is optimized...

Exploded Head , 1982 | Salvador Dali The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little love. The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty -- it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There's a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God. Saint Teresa of Calcutta Without honest and compassionate support, a vulnerable person could be trapped in a terrifying oxymoron, a maze of contradictions and deceptions that, in today's world, can and often does metastasize into a perpetual nightmare. If you hope for mercy, show mercy. If you look for kindness, show kindness. If you want to receive, give. St. Peter Chrysologus History's Child Young people are routinely conscripte...