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
There are two Americas, a situation not unlike circa 1860. Back then, there were those for slavery, and those against, and in 2019, there are those for abortion, and those against, or those for the unborn, and those, well, who would have them put to death at the whim of their mother. Thus, we have[…]
In a tragic parody of Moses’ exhortation to choose the way of life and the way of death, a Malaysian girl, standing atop a tall building, asked for a poll from her Instagram followers – what term does one use? – asking the fateful question: Really Important, Help Me Choose D/L Which, translating from Intragramese,[…]
Today commemorates Saint Brendan (+577) the sixth century Irish monk, the ‘Navigator’, whose main claim to fame – besides his holiness of life – is a seven year trans-Atlantic voyage in a boat made of animal-hides upon which he and sixteen fellow monks embarked, discovering North America many centuries before the time Giovanni Caboto –[…]
If you’d like a view into the speciousness and illogicality of the pro-abortion argument, you could do worse than peruse this Wired piece, on the objections to the ‘fetal heartbeat’ bills which are being legislated in certain states (Alabama being the most recent example, setting up the question of abortion returning to the Supreme Court,[…]
In today Office of Readings for the feast of Saint Matthias, Saint John Chrysostom writes ‘neque dixerunt: Elige, sed ostende electum – quem elegeris, inquit‘, that is, the Apostles were not told to choose who was to replace Judas the traitor, but asked God to show them the one whom He had already chosen. I[…]
Here are some of the warnings Our Lady of Fatima gave to Blessed Jacinta, in turn to give to others, before her death from influenza, in great suffering offered up for sinners, on February 20, 1920, just shy of turning ten years old. “More souls go to hell because of sins of impurity more than[…]
On the note of good intentions, I have finished a third reflection on ‘the Letter’ of the theologians to the Holy Father, which will be published, Deo volente, soon. Just to offer this for now, that I agree with the letter in its concerns, with respect for its authors and signatories, and agreement with their[…]
The revelations of Fatima – the 100th anniversary of which coincided with Canada’s 150th birthday two years ago, and take that for what you will – is a significant one in the minds of many, not least due to the effect of the apparitions on the momentous events of the 20th century, but also in[…]
The upcoming feast of Saint Matthias, May 14th, paradoxically marks the sombre anniversary of the legalization of abortion in Canada, under Trudeau Sr., in 1969. Omnibus Bill C-150, officially the Criminal Law Amendment Act , also brought into legalized gun control, contraception, sodomy, RIDE checks (with the 0.08 level), gambling and outlawed cruelty to animals. […]
A blessed Fourth Sunday of Easter, also known as’ Good Shepherd’ Sunday after the Gospel reading, upon which Father Callam offers an insightful meditation. As an extension of this, in turn, is the focus of this Sunday on vocations, especially to the priesthood as the ‘spiritual shepherds’ of the faithful, who nurture us with the[…]
