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
Take care of him and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend. (Lk. 10:35). The parable of the Good Samaritan is the answer to this question: ‘And who is my neighbour?’ (Lk. 10:29). Our Lord expands the definition of neighbour beyond the bounds of nationality or race. This well-known parable[…]
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. (G. K. Chesterton)
At the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, we begin with the call to repentance and to a reflective manner of life is issued in what is called the Penitential Rite. The most common form of this rite is what we call the Confiteor or the I Confess. The Confiteor is the traditional[…]
I know almost nothing about Jeffrey Epstein, except the vague charges of sexual malfeasance, the ‘Lolita express’, and the island of sensual delights, at least of a certain sort. What I did find intriguing was that he was arrested on July 6th which, as readers may well be aware, is the memorial of Saint Maria[…]
There is no strict formula to being the parents of saints, but there are things one can do to ameliorate the process, as I tried to point out in some inchoate way in the reflection on the Benedict Option yesterday. All parents can really do is provide the example, the exhortation and the environment in[…]
If we wish to attain a dwelling-place in his kingdom we shall not reach it unless we hasten there by our good deeds. Just as there exists an evil fervour, a bitter spirit, which divides us from God and leads us to hell, so there is a good fervour which sets us apart from evil[…]
God loved us before He made us; and His love has never diminished and never shall. (Blessed Julian of Norwich, + ca. 1416)
Just after posting the announcement on the week-long showing of Unplanned in Canadian theatres, it was announced this morning that two of those theatres have cancelled due to ‘death threats’. One must wonder at who is doing the threatening, and why. You may recall the suspicious fire-bombing of Morgentaler’s abortion clinic, blamed on pro-lifers, but[…]
(T)he new gospel which bolshevistic and atheistic Communism…is a system full of errors and sophisms. It is in opposition both to reason and to Divine Revelation. It subverts the social order, because it means the destruction of its foundations; because it ignores the true origin and purpose of the State; because it denies the rights,[…]
Today is the feast of the Chinese martyrs, Augustine Zhao Rang and his companions, hundreds of Catholics (along with many Orthodox and Protestants) put to death for their faith, often in brutal ways, from the 17th to 20th centuries. Ironically, the first official martyrdom, of the Dominican priest Father Francisco de Capillas, was on January[…]
