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
The most terrifying scene in the Old Testament occurs in Genesis 22, when God tests Abraham, saying: “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Mo-ri’ah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I shall show you.” In high-minded moments[…]
A good read on the sacredness and ‘set-apart-ness’ of the priest, by none other than the Archbishop of the town of my birth, Glasgow. The only little tiny glitch in an otherwise very fine and bold article is that the good Archbishop seems to agree, to some extent, with the removal of altar rails,[…]
I have been asked by a reader to comment on two recent Ottawa-related themes: The first is our Prime Minister’s participation in the rites and rituals of other faiths, and by ‘other’, I mean other than his own Catholicism. Trudeau, who can be found praying in various religious houses, from Muslim to Buddhist to Jewish,[…]
Imagine that you could communicate with someone in a coma. What kinds of questions would you ask? Maybe you would ask if they had memory of their life before the tragedy, or if they were in pain. Maybe you would ask if you should keep playing that Celine Dion record they liked in high-school everyday[…]
Today marks the 267th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach, who passed into eternity this day in 1750, after a rather barbaric and unsuccessful attempt at eye surgery to heal his progressive blindness. Somewhat underappreciated during his lifetime, Bach is now recognized as one of the greatest composer in history, to some the[…]
Before we leave Saint James the Greater and polygamy behind for now, two further factoids that came across my attention: It seems the Mormons claim in their own tradition that the same very James, along with Peter and John, who are often linked together in the Gospels, appeared on a certain day in 1829 to[…]
College professors sometimes have too much time on their hands. While digging around in the crypt of an old medieval library in Oxford, I discovered an ancient forgotten manuscript. Here is what I can piece together. The document is a response drafted by Thomas Aquinas at the request of a Roman cardinal. The Vatican seems[…]
So it turns out that Winston Blackmore, along with his sidekick in polygamy James Oler, has been convicted, a good thing I suppose, but the decision is already being appealed, and will this whole thing will likely end up at the Supreme Court, that benighted array of ‘divines’ whom we have chosen to interpret the[…]
I am the kind of person who sometimes derives hope from unusual things. As a lover of stories, I often will comment that a certain twist seemed rather “hopeful” to me, even if most other people simply cannot see it. Indeed, the Vulcanian raised eye-brow is the most frequent reaction to these epiphanies. I certainly[…]
I joked of ‘fortress U.S.A.’ in a text message as my travelling companion and I drove through the desolate countryside south of Winnipeg. On the return journey of a cross-Canada drive, we had decided to take the route partly through America, to save time, and see the southern shore of Lake Superior, whose rugged, hilly[…]
