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
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[…]
Of Gods and Men (2010), Directed by Xavier Beauvois, Written by Xavier Beauvois and Étienne Comar The Way (2011), Directed by Emilio Estevez, Written by Emilio Estevez and Jack Hitt It’s an axiom of literature and the cinema that bad characters are more interesting than good. What would Vanity Fair be without Becky Sharp or[…]
Not to have a correct political point of view is like having no soul –Mao Zedong With Richard Nixon’s official visit to China in 1972, the world took an irreversible turn to the Left. Not only did the seven-day excursion end the 23-year diplomatic isolation of the People’s Republic of China, it marked the first[…]
If you’re up for some vivid apocalyptic reading on the state of our neighbours to the south, I haven’t read as vivid a description of the current state of the United States than Tal Bachman’s. Tal is the son of Randy Bachman – of Bachman, Turner, Overdrive – and has had a few hits himself,[…]
The Book of Revelation, also known as the Apocalypse, stands as one of the most image-laden parts of Scripture, and as such, there is much for composers to conjure up in the listener’s mind through word painting. St. John paints vivid pictures with his depictions of harps, the seven trumpets, but also with the seven[…]
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities (Voltaire)
