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
If you live in an out-of-the-way farmhouse, especially with small children, you might want to think twice before watching A Quiet Place– but the horror elements of the film aside, this piece stands out not only for its emphasis on the family – a ever-more rare breed, lawfully married husband and wife, along with their[…]
He – John the Baptist, that is – got beheaded for a party. Just goes to show, it’s not good to be invited to those sorts of parties. I wonder how mandatory Salome’s presence was. Was she there by choice, or because she didn’t dare not be? I wonder how many beheadings Salome had seen,[…]
“When the Son of Man comes, will there be faith on earth?” Luke 18:8 Orestes A. Brownson (1803 –1876) was among the most original and powerful intellects of his era. A self-taught child prodigy who had memorized most of the Bible by the age of 14, in youth he attached himself to the New England[…]
let all creation sing and dance and unite to make worthy contribution to the celebration of this day. Let there be one common festival for saints in heaven and men on earth. Let everything, mundane things and those above, join in festive celebration. Today this created world is raised to the dignity of a holy[…]
(This article recently appeared in Catholic World Report and may serve as a good addendum to Father Callam’s exhortation for the Church to canonize more married people. Well, what of the singles, we may also ask? ) Mary Cuff’s recent article, premising that the single life is not a vocation, has left many singles sort[…]
Glance at any catalogue of saints and you will be struck, as I was, at how few of them were married. There are Mary and Joseph, of course, but their situation was hardly typical. Of the other saints who were married, women outnumber men. The Roman matron Perpetua and her slave Felicity were martyrs, but[…]
Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying to justify our existence. (Josef Pieper)
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile (Saint Teresa of Calcutta, +1997)
(A re-post of this earlier article in July, with a comment at the end that all readers should peruse, and follow the link…the plot doth thickeneth) Father Michel Rodrigue is a Quebecois priest, currently incardinated and living in the village of Amos, in the northern reaches of la belle province, nearly halfway to the shores[…]
Please do pray for the repose of the soul of Father Paul Mankowski, S.J., one of the stalwart, orthodox and beleaguered members of Saint Ignatius’ order – he was, to the core, one of the (many) ‘good ones’ – by that, we mean no judgement, only fidelity to the Church’s teachings. I had read some[…]
