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
Often, the simplest facts are the most important—and the most frequently unadverted to. Take the Last Supper, for instance. Obviously, the Apostles had to be present in order to participate in it. Wonderful as it was, it would have been of no benefit to Peter if he had decided not to attend. And yet, this[…]
(In the spirit of Holy Thursday, dedicated to the priesthood, what follows is an article on the late, great Father William Lloyd Ryan, written five years ago, by Eric Mason, now Father Eric Mason, ordained sometime after this was published. Father Ryan maintained his unfailing and rock-solid fidelity to priesthood and all that meant in[…]
Nothing is accidental in God’s providence, which guides all things – concretely and immediately – to their final end, in the overall plan He has in mind. But some of these events are more significant than others, offering us signs and wonders, of which Christ Himself warned, pointing us as creatures made in His image[…]
Christ became obedient for us unto death, even death on a Cross. (Gospel Acclamation). ⧾ Palm Sunday begins our observance of Holy Week, the Week of Salvation. The reading of the Lord’s Passion marks the beginning of our observances of the great mysteries of our faith and life. We have been preparing for this week[…]
A blessed Passion/Palm Sunday to all our readers, a day of great solemnity, wherein we meditate on Christ’s pilgrimage towards His own death, and the stark account of His own suffering and death by crucifixion. This, paradoxically, was also His ‘glory’, for, as we recite in the Stations, it was by His holy cross, that[…]
Last year on Palm Sunday we heard the passion from Saint Mark’s Gospel, and next year it will be from Saint Matthew. Each is different in detail from the other, and that holds for this year too, as we listen to Saint Luke’s account. Typically, Luke emphasizes the compassion of Jesus as when he prayed[…]
As we stand on the eve of Holy Week, it is fitting that the Church recall on this memorial, Pope Saint Martin I (+649), one of the noblest, if most tragic, of the successors of Saint Peter. Born in Umbria, Italy, he was of noble lineage, with great intelligence combined with charity and love of[…]
