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
I have an article published in Catholic World Report on the vocation of singlehood – if we may term it so – in response to Mary Cuff’s article in Crisis earlier in August, whose provocative title is ‘There is no vocation to the single life’. Hmm. That all depends on what one means. Are some[…]
Paula Ducepec in her article ” Speaking out: Wearing a mask shows you care” (August 26/2020 – Catholic Register) describes with youthful idealism her views on this worldwide trend, as a sign of Catholic charity, and suggests that those that oppose it are conspiracy theorists. I respectfully disagree on both counts – from a scientific,[…]
One day I was out walking. I was walking among many other people. There were people all around me. We walked all in the same direction. Then I noticed that there were men and women with faces completely covered, dressed all in black. It was as if they were herding all of us towards what[…]
Stat crux dum volvitur orbis – The Cross stands as the world turns
(Letters to the Editor do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Catholic Insight, but are meant to prompt discussion and dialogue, in good Socratic and Christian spirit). Paula Ducepec in her article ” Speaking out: Wearing a mask shows you care” ( August 26/2020 – Catholic Register) describes with youthful idealism her views on this[…]
(The original of the following can be found in the writings of the well known French author Louis Veuillot, translated from the Italian and submitted to Catholic Insight by Father Thomas Carleton) In the 1800’s there lived in the Pyrenees a physician called Fabas. The doctor himself recounted to Veuillot and many others, that he[…]
Towards your subjects, act with such justice that you may steer a middle course, swerving neither to the right nor to the left, but lean more to the side of the poor man than of the rich until such time as you are certain about the truth. (King Saint Louis IX, +1270, in a letter[…]
The saying goes that politics is a mugs’ game, the art of the possible and the practical and all that, and we must take what we can get – the crumbs off the master’s table, so to speak. Perhaps there be some truth in this, but it’s sort of looking at things backwards. To paraphrase[…]
To hear some virtuoso violin, treat yourself to Bach’s Partita in B minor (BWV 1002), first published in 1720, for solo violin, as performed by the incomparable Hilary Hahn: And, taking two centuries back in time, and since this was beautifully sung at a wedding of two alumni I had the honour of attending yesterday,[…]
I plead with you–never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid. (Pope Saint John Paul II)
