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
A blessed solemnity of Christ the King to one and all, in this last week before Advent, the last liturgical solemnity of the year, instantiated by Pope Pius XI in 1925 in the aftermath of the tragedy of World War I. As the Holy Father pointed out in his 1922 encyclical Ubi aracni Dei consilo,[…]
Propitiously, we celebrate a triptych of saints on this November day: The first, in time, was Saint Clement (+99 A.D.), traditionally accepted as the third Pope after Saint Peter’s inaugural reign, following Linus and Cletus, as is recited in the Roman Canon (although other traditions place him as the immediate successor to Peter). He is[…]
Victory in battle does not depend on who has the largest army; it is the Lord’s power that determines the outcome (1 Maccabaeus 3:9) Presumably the fact of the Our Lady`s extraordinary apparition on 15th August 1920 is not known at all by the Catholics belonging to Anglo-Saxon culture. No wonder, even in Poland it[…]
More times than I can count I have been told by young men and women that they do not attend Mass because they find it boring. It’s the one statement that cannot be argued against because whatever one says in reply will also be boring. I may not find it so, but I cannot deny[…]
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary is a mirror image, if you will, of the future Presentation of her Son in the Temple, both signifying a dedication to God from the earliest age, a noble and pious tradition in the Jewish and, later, Catholic religion. The account of Our Lady’s dedication is recounted in the[…]
A very hearty and joyous congratulations to Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth on their platinum anniversary, a milestone very few reach. To live to three score and ten is certainly possible with modern medicine, diet and a tad of exercise, but to be married for seventy years, at least to the same person, well, one[…]
A correction to a recent post, in which I mentioned that the Canadian Military was hosting a job fair for transgenders. Well, it turns out that a transgender individual, whose sex I will not mention for fear of getting it ‘wrong’, is hosting said job fair, and has invited the Canadian Military. The comments from[…]
A good wife, who can find? She is far more precious than jewels… Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. (cf., Proverbs 31) As I write, it is the evening of the memorial of Saint Margaret of Scotland (+1090), the English wife of the[…]
Tallis Choir of Toronto presents: Forty! Forty! Forty! Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 7:30 pm in Ottawa St. Patrick’s Church, 141 McCaul Street (north of Dundas, near St. Patrick Station) Toronto, ON M5T 1W3; 416-598-3269 Students, $10 (at door only); seniors, $25; general admission, $30 Information or tickets: info@tallischoir.com; http://tallischoir.co/ticketing/ 416-286-9798 Hart House Tickets www.tickets.harthouse.ca; www.uofttix.ca 416-978-8849 Celebrate with Tallis Choir[…]
I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer. Jim Carrey It’s as if an atomic bomb has been detonated at the corner of Hollywood and Vine, replete with a mushroom cloud and ongoing fallout. Interesting timing too. Mere days[…]
