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
The liturgical use of Scripture is by juxtaposition, i.e., an Old Testament text will be placed beside—juxtaposed to—one from the New Testament, the former being recognized as a prophecy pointing to Jesus. Today, for instance, a beautiful passage from Jeremiah, about God’s putting a new law within us, writing it on our hearts,[1] is a[…]
On this eve of Passion Sunday and Holy Week, and to complement our reflection on Our Lady’s role in redemption, we will re-post these two Marian and Lenten musical offerings: The first is Antonio Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater, an elegiac piece composed sometime before 1727, when it premiered. The text is based on the 13th century[…]
In light of the Holy Father’s address the other day, in which he mentioned that Mary was and is not a ‘co-redeemer’, with Christ, the one and unique Redemptor Mundi – but is rather given to us as a ‘mother’, I would offer the following clarification, for what it may be worth. Certainly, just as[…]
