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
(This article was first published on June 26th, on LifeSite, but is still relevant, given the recent interview with Archbishop Vigano and Phil Lawler, which further entrenches his position. I still stand by the claim that it is a misuse of the concept of the sensus fidelium (or sensus fidei, as he puts it) that[…]
From today’s Gospel, His yoke is easy, from Handel’s Messiah: https://youtu.be/Js9QOsRL62M
‘Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light’ (Mt.[…]
To live without faith, without a heritage to defend, without battling constantly for truth, is not to live but to ‘get along’; we must never just ‘get along’ (Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, +1925)
A joyous Independence Day to all our American readers, one that may be more muted than days of yore in the troubled United States. There are any number of factions developing in the once-United States, but all can be traced back to those who accept the Christian, or at least rational principles underlying the republic,[…]
The recent edition of Living with Christ – yes, you know the one, the disposable missalette (which should be an oxymoron) has on its most recent front cover a photo of a young boy receiving Communion in the hand, standing, looking straight ahead, an image that would have shocked and scandalized Catholics a scant generation[…]
Faith is an act of the intellect, assenting to the divine truth, by command of the will, moved by God, through grace (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
Laugh and grow strong (Saint Ignatius of Loyola)
I have an article this morning on LifeSite, which tries – as all essays should do – to make the case for the distinction between the moderate use of alcohol, permitted by our Tradition, and the use of recreational drugs, such as marijuana, which is not permitted. The argument is a subtle one, and there[…]
A blessed Canada-Dominion Day to all our readers, on which we celebrate the official founding of ‘Canada’ as a (mostly) independent part of the British Commonwealth since the signing into effect of such in 1867, with the ‘province of Lower and Upper Canada’ (later Ontario and Quebec), Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Although we gained[…]
