Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
I would like to reflect in particular on the meaning of the word “catholic,” a word which indicates an essential feature of the Church and her mission. The characteristic marks of the Church are in accordance with God’s plan, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us: “it is Christ who, through the Holy[…]
Fr. Vincent McNabb, O.P., S.T.M., from the Catholic Land Movement: it’s motives. C.T.S.: London, 1932. Out of Egypt have I called my son (Mt 2:15, Jer 3:15). Let us then set down in order some of the main motives that have led these Catholics to see in obedience to the Holy Father in this particular[…]
“The Church’s deepest nature is expressed in her threefold responsibility: of proclaiming the word of God, celebrating the sacraments and exercising the ministry of charity (diakonia). These duties presuppose each other and are inseparable” (Deus Caritas Est, 25). The service of charity is also a constitutive element of the Church’s mission and an indispensable expression[…]
G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy Men of science offer us health, an obvious benefit; it is only afterwards that we discover that by health, they mean bodily slavery and spiritual tedium. Orthodoxy makes us jump by the sudden brink of hell; it is only afterwards that we realize that jumping was an athletic exercise highly beneficial to our health.[…]
Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologica Question 168, Article 4. Whether there is a sin in lack of mirth? I answer that, In human affairs whatever is against reason is a sin. Now it is against reason for a man to be burdensome to others, by offering no pleasure to others, and by hindering their enjoyment. Wherefore Seneca (Martin of[…]
He was sent by God the Father to save us above all from the evil deeply rooted in man and in history: the evil of separation from God, the prideful presumption of being self-sufficient, of trying to compete with God and to take his place, to decide what is good and evil, to be the master of[…]
Maurice Baring, Lost Lectures of the Fruits of Experience. Peter Davies Ltd, London: 1932. Chapter 12: Music. But the most remarkable musical experiences of my life happened by accident; one was pagan and the other was Christian. The first happened in Russia, and I have described it in other books, in detail, and I will not repeat[…]
Camouflage S. M. George Massey, C.M.S.C. from B.M.A. “Blitz,” Vol. 1, No. 3 Brockville, ON: July 1942. They tell us tales of camouflage, The art of hiding things; Of painted forts and bowered guns Invisible to wings. Well, it is nothing new to us, To us, the rank and file; We understand this camouflage— We[…]
Shown here about to enter Campobasso’s Holy Rosary Church are Roman Catholic personnel of three Canadian infantry units. Fresh from the Italian front, where they had been relieved by soldiers of other units, they celebrated Mass conducted by Capt. A. J. Barker of Saskatoon. Pipe Band of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, shown in the foreground, piped the men to church while applauding and cheering Italians lined the route. Frank Sheed,[…]
Address (in part) given by Brigadier G. P. Vanier, D.S.O., M.C. at graduation class exercises, O.T.C., Brockville. First comes faith. Faith in God and in His power to help, faith in the righteousness of our cause, faith in ourselves and in ultimate victory. The faith which moves mountains can work other miracles, and thus upset the[…]
