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
November 29th is the special day dedicated to all the Franciscans who are now born into eternal life. Every year our Franciscan Order reserves this special day to honour them and get the courage, once more, to let their holy example bring that much-needed renewal within it as it is also badly needed in any[…]
A faithful reader mentioned that one or two of my columns have been a bit dire of late, but one must not wonder, for the times lend themselves to such reflections. The point, however, is not that the end of the world as we know it is around the corner, but, rather, that the world,[…]
At the first coming he was wrapped in swaddling clothes in a manger. At his second coming he will be clothed in light as in a garment. In the first coming he endured the cross, despising the shame; in the second coming he will be in glory, escorted by an army of angels. We look[…]
Although not in the universal calendar, today is the memorial of Saint Catherine Labouré , the visionary of the Miraculous Medal, mentioned yesterday. Besides Our Lady appearing to her, with the mission to have the medal forged – which proved spectacularly successful, with millions donning the sacramental – Sister Catherine lived a hidden life in[…]
As further brutal lockdowns roll across this fair land, are we entering the realm of the bold and brazen lie? It seems so, from what seems an election heist south of the border, to smaller beer in a rural hospital just north of that same border: The CBC reports that a nurse in Manitoba is[…]
The analogy to the 1981 John Carpenter film Escape from New York is a limited one, for Manhattan in the fictional account, turned into one giant prison – set in what seems a now nostalgic 1997 – at least has law enforcement on the fringes. The real-life city of Seattle of 2020, on the other[…]
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder (G.K. Chesterton)
A blessed and joyous Thanksgiving to all our readers south of the 49th parallel, in the great, but not-so-much United, States of America. The Covidian divisions are separating mother-in-law from daughters-in-law in ways we might not have expected, as the lockdowns roll through the land. Count yourselves fortunate to live in one of those States[…]
This is the anniversary of the first printing of Darwin’s Origin of Species, back in 1859, whose theme was the ‘survival of the fittest’ or, more accurately, the non-survival of the un-fit. We will have more to say about evolution, but, for now, the materialist stance of Darwin, that this world is all there is,[…]
