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
Today is the feast of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, (+1622) whose original name was Mark Rey: His names comes from his birthplace, with the Fidelis his name in religion, after he joined the Capuchins in the first decade of the 1600’s, as Shakespeare – whose death day was yesterday, eight years before Fidelis’ – was[…]
(From our archives, but which may help in these days of isolation. Editor) In the vast collection of literature that has been written throughout the history of mankind, the one thing that all books have in common is that they reflect some bit of truth about the lives of the people who wrote them. Some[…]
God shall be my hope, my stay, my guide and lantern to my feet (Shakespeare, Henry V)
This is the fiftieth anniversary of the first Earth Day, first officially celebrated on this day in 1970, with its roots in the nascent environmentalist movement, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, the exaggerated effects of DDT and everything else, back-to-the-landers, hippies reacting against the bourgeois mentality of their (to their jades eyes) stultified, suburban post-War upbringing,[…]
If I were reincarnated I would wish to be returned to earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels. (Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it (God)
In an ironic twist on this ‘Earth Day’, this also marks the 105th anniversary of the first use of chemical weapons in warfare – as the Germans unleashed tons of chlorine gas on the Allied troops, wafted into their trenches during the Battle of Ypres in 1915. Even the Bosch were shocked by the horrific[…]
O supreme and inaccessible light, O complete and blessed truth, how far you are from me, even though I am so near to you!…O God, let me know you and love you so that I may find my joy in you; and if I cannot do so fully in this life, let me at least[…]
From our archives, Sharon-Rose Milan – now Sharon-Rose Fraser, wife and mother – from years ago, in April. She is still an artist and pro-life activist. What can you tell us about pysanky eggs? Every pysanky egg is supposed to tell a story; every colour and symbol represents something different. Black means eternity; red means[…]
(A re-posting of my reflections, nearly two years ago now, of my pilgrimage to Canterbury, in light of today’s memorial to one of her greatest Archbishops, indeed one of the most outstanding bishops of any age, Anselm) I hurtle in one of France’s TGV’s towards Rome, with ancient, stone-built French villages blurring by, nestled quite[…]
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die (G.K. Chesterton)
