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
Today, 14 December, we celebrate the feast of a great Spanish mystic, a friend and a co-reformer of the Carmelite religious family, namely Saint John of the Cross. Born in Fontiveros, Avila, Spain in 1542, as Juan de Yepes y Alvares, John came from a family who turned poor overnight. His father, who was employed[…]
“So he said, ‘I am, as Isaiah prophesied: A voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way for the Lord‘” (Jn 1:23). “He was not the light, he was to bear witness to the light” (Jn 1:8). In the Office of Readings for the Third Sunday of Advent, St. Augustine speaks eloquently of the word and[…]
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your[…]
Do not despise the words of Prophets…hold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil (1 Thess. 5:17). ⧾ Again on this third Sunday of Advent we listen to the words of St. John the Baptist who in the Liturgy of Advent bears witness to the Messiah through his call to repentance[…]
Ok – So, we’re not Protestant, Baptist Bible Thumpers, but I for one love good music, and should give credit where credit is due, and I thought on this Gaudete Sunday – when we should rejoice – readers might enjoy some uplifting melodies and harmonies. There is something manifestly pure and holy, as well as[…]
