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
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[…]
Has any one of you ever been a shepherd? or even seen one? Do shepherds exist in contemporary North America? Nevertheless, we know instinctively that when Jesus refers to himself as the good shepherd, he is expressing his loving concern for his “flock,” i.e., his followers. You might well ask, therefore, why he did not[…]
“To be lonely is to feel unwanted and unloved, and therefor unloveable. Loneliness is a taste of death. No wonder some people who are desperately lonely lose themselves in mental illness or violence to forget the inner pain.” ― Jean Vanier, Becoming Human “I am struck by how sharing our weakness and difficulties is more nourishing[…]
These are evil days indeed for free speech. You may have read of the banning of various commentators and pundits, Milo Yiannopolous, Alex Jones, Laura Loomer, cast out for life from ‘social media’ – FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram – which is how most speech is communicated, at least in any broad, commercialized sense. However one understands[…]
Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889-1977) was a Catholic convert, philosopher, and theologian whose deep thinking prepared him during his long life for fruitful meditations on death and eternity. Suffering for a number of years from heart failure, as the end approached his wife Alice reports that it took him only two weeks to write Jaws of[…]
Jean Vanier, the founder of L’Arche, has gone to his eternal reward, at the venerable age of 90. The son of soldier, veteran and former Governor-General George Vanier and his wife Pauline – both of them up for beatification for their holiness of life – Jean founded L’Arche on August 4, 1964 when he took[…]
