Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | The Christian Review

To Kiss His Holy Feet

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Apr 16, 2025 | Faith, Featured, Poetry, Scripture |

To kiss His Holy Feet I strive,
Thanks to His grace while I’m alive.

David & Fatima: Now a Timely Film

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Feb 27, 2024 | Art, Culture, Faith, Family, Featured, Foreign Affairs, Gaza, Israel, Marriage, Movies, Palestine |

The film makes a sincere effort to resolve hatred with love, but no artist can undo what was foretold in the Word of God (Gn.16:12): the hostility between Jews and Muslims will endure as long as time itself.

My Angel: A Poem

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Sep 29, 2023 | Angels, Faith, Featured, Poetry, Saints, Scripture, Spirituality |

May God bless him upon whom I depend
To get through days and years until the end,
That unto God and him I will ascend.

Monsieur Vincent

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Feb 15, 2023 | Catholic Church, Featured, Movies, Saint Vincent de Paul, Saints, Social Teaching |

Monsieur Vincent is not only a masterful work of art, but a truly edifying film that inspires charity. Indeed, Saint Vincent de Paul is the Patron of Charity. Is there anything greater?

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Feb 6, 2023 | Catholic Church, Featured, Literature, Movies |

This is not the best of the Hunchback movies, but it is well done by reason of the superb cast.

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Jan 30, 2023 | Catholic Church, Faith, Featured, History, Movies, Saints |

The Passion of Joan of Arc by Carl Theodor Dreyer is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest films ever produced. It is very sympathetic to Joan. Even though we see no miracles nor hear heavenly voices, we feel compassion for this victim who has been vindicated.

The Best and the Worst of 2022

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Dec 11, 2022 | 2020 Election, abortion, Culture, Education, Family, Featured, Immigration, Politics, presidential election, Roe v. Wade, Social Teaching, Supreme Court |

When evil threatens little children, to whom the Kingdom of Heaven belongs (Mt.19:14), then either we fight to win the battle or expect the Lord Himself to come and settle affairs, for when the souls of children are at stake, the weeds have reached maturity and the harvest is near.

When the Wood is Dry

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Apr 4, 2022 | Culture, Faith, Featured, Poetry, Saints, Scripture, Spirituality |

“Oh, daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep
Or beat your breasts for lo the wood is green,
But one day they will beg the mountains steep:
Fall and cover us who have no child to wean.”