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
Anyone who, like me, was moved by this perception [of the need for renewal] at the time of the Liturgical Movement on the eve of the Second Vatican Council can only stand, deeply sorrowing, before the very ruins of the very things they were concerned for. – Cardinal Ratzinger Tough words, these. Recently, some friends[…]
From the beginning Our Blessed Lord has been found only by two classes; those who know and those who do not know— but never by those who think they know. – Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen When Thomas was shown the wounds of Christ, he believed. He is popularly called Doubting Thomas because he refused to[…]
Katerina Walker was born in Calgary, Alberta and is the oldest of four children. She attended a French school until grade four, when she began homeschooling. Homeschooling fostered her passion for art, literature, and history, and she continued studying liberal arts at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy, where she graduated with a concentration in[…]
Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich was recently forced out of his position for donating $1,000 to Prop 8 and refusing to apologize for his personal beliefs. Eich helped build Mozilla and contributed developments such as Netscape and JavaScript. Now employees of Mozilla have threatened to quit, customers have stopped using the Firefox browser, and the dating[…]
Lent is a time to renew our baptismal calling to fast from the world and to draw closer to Christ. It is a time to put aside the fool’s gold of this world and embrace the true gold of Heaven, that we may be eternally enriched. The fact is that many of us are running[…]
I neither like nor dislike computers. I suppose I think computers are rather ugly things, useful for doing boring or repetitious tasks quickly, but that is all. I have similar views about washing machines, electric clocks, and lawnmowers: all useful but unlovely tools. Some tools are a joy to use, like a twenty-ounce claw hammer[…]
We have made it! Almost forty days have gone by since Ash Wednesday and while we are not there yet, we are on the home stretch coming into the Triduum. There is not much that can be said—in fact this time is usually filled with silence and a deep sense of foreboding and loss. What[…]
What to expect when no one’s expecting: America’s coming demographic disaster by Jonathan V. Last Encounter Books, 2013 ISBN: 978-1-59403-641-5 In 1796 Thomas Malthus published An Essay on the Principle of Population in which he maintained that the population of the world increases geometrically with time while food supplies increase only arithmetically. Hence at some[…]
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Septem Verba a Christo Featuring Akademie für Alte Musik / René Jacobs (Conductor) Harmoia Mundi, 2013 ASIN: B00A6U5B6M In English the title of this long-forgotten masterpiece is The Seven Words Uttered by the Dying Christ on the Cross. It was scored for orchestra and soli: bass (Christ) and tenor, soprano, countertenor (Anima or Soul)[…]
Dear Brother and Sisters, Thank you for having taken part in these moments of deep prayer. I also thank those who have accompanied us through the media, especially the sick and elderly. I do not wish to add too many words. One word should suffice this evening, that is the Cross itself. The Cross is[…]
