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
Like many people, I have a love affair with old churches. I lived in Rome a few years ago, and I am surprised I was at all coherent during that period. The wealth of churches—small ones down little cobblestoned side streets, gloriously gaudy ones at the end of large piazzas, and sparse haunting ones with[…]
Another day, another shooting, this time on American soil, at Fort Lauderdale International Airport. Details are still forthcoming, but the alleged perpetrator is a U.S. Army veteran of the Iraq war, who claimed the government was controlling his mind, a victim of the ubiquitous and catch-all diagnosis of ‘PTSD’. He was permitted to check a[…]
Today is the feast of Saint John Neumann, born in Bohemia, but who travelled to the United States in 1836 to seek ordination since there were ‘too many priests’ in his native country (remember those days?). Having already completed his seminary studies, he was ordained in New York city, and, after some difficult years as[…]
(As we all enter back into our ‘ordinary’ routines after Chrismas holidays, it is good to reflect upon the blessings of monotony, upon which I myself have been pondering of late, the praise of doing small things well, by doing them often. We have much to learn from children in this regard, for they are[…]
A recent article in First Things by J.D. Flynn reflects upon Shusaku Endo’s 1966 Japanese novel Silence, now being released as a film directed by Martin Scorcese (which should tell you something). The tale follows an idealistic Jesuit missionary who, towards the end of the story, well, in Flynn’s words: At its pivotal moment, Silence’s protagonist, the Jesuit missionary Sebastian Rodrigues, faces[…]
Ringing in the new year of 2017, rife with predictions from seers and others on what might happen during this 100th anniversary of the Fatima revelations, has already seen its troubling signs. One thousand or so ‘migrants’ from sub-Saharan Africa tried to storm the border, rushing and fighting their way into southern Spain. They fought[…]
A very joyous and blessed Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, declared truly Theotokos at the Council of Ephesus in 431. She bore the Person of Christ, Who dwells after His Incarnation in two natures, divine (eternal) and human (from the flesh of the Virgin). So rejoice that we all have a Mother, the type[…]
