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
In 1964, the United States passed the Civil Rights Act, which forbade unjust discrimination based on ‘race, color, religion, sex or national origin’. Today, in 2020, the United States Supreme Court decreed that homosexuality must be added to that list, and that ‘sex’ is whatever a person discerns their own sex to be – no[…]
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. (G.K. Chesterton)
The ‘Communion in the hand’ controversial swirling around the instantiated Covid protocols is causing crises of conscience for many Catholics. After all, reception in the hand itself began as a rebellion – first in Holland (yes, I know – why there, when they used to be so devout?) then spreading around the world – against[…]
The following review was written by Father Callam for an anthology, and is re-posted here, signifying Hollywood’s continued fascination with the image of the Catholic priest. They always somehow distort, even mock and belittle, that image, but something essential also always remains, and the hold the priest has over our imagination speaks volumes. At least[…]
The Holy Eucharist is the perfect expression of the love of Jesus Christ for man since It is the quintessence of all the mysteries of His Life. (Saint Peter Julian Eymard, +1868)
Anarchy is the condition in any society where there is no law, no rule, no measure – chaos, and may be said to be the opposite of Christianity, with God creating the world according to ‘law, rule and measure’, a true cosmos, or ‘ordered and structured thing’. The Greek word arche can mean either authority[…]
Seek refuge in Mary because she is the city of refuge. We know that Moses set up three cities of refuge for anyone who inadvertently killed his neighbor. Now the Lord has established a refuge of mercy, Mary, even for those who deliberately commit evil. Mary provides shelter and strength for the sinner. (Saint Anthony[…]
Here is a telling comment, that may put things in perspective, from the perspective last Christmas, George Michael style: The thing is, this list is not even exhaustive, and, we hope note, but more may yet be to come: (cue the harp arpeggio and wavy video) Let me take you back in time. All the[…]
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (Gal 5:1)
Thomas Erastus (1524 – 1583) was a Swiss physician and theologian who adopted the newfangled heretical doctrines of Ulrich Zwingli, a sort of extreme Calvinist, who rejected most of the sacraments, and believed the ‘Lord’s Supper’ was a but a symbol. However, his name has gone down in history as ‘Erastianism’, for his apparent doctrine[…]
