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
This Sunday’s reflection is the second in a series of meditations on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with specific references to the Ancient Rite of the Mass. There are many books in circulation that illustrate the theological and spiritual cohesion of the Ancient Rite of the Mass. It is the Rite that sustained and[…]
There was a theologian a few years ago who made quite a splash in the media by criticizing the Bible. A lot of people do the same, but we don’t expect a Christian to do so. The basis of his critique was the fact that the Bible is old, as undoubtedly it is. “Would you[…]
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing:God alone suffices (Saint Teresa of Avila)
Well, the Pope has done it – abrogated Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum, (July 7, 2007) and even John Paul II’s Ecclesia Dei (July 2, 1988) – with today’s Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes. It’s not long, and you can read it through in a few minutes (scroll past the Italian for the English) – which may seem an[…]
Good Queen Vic’s at the bottom of the sea Well, where else should she rather be? We are witnessing a swath of wanton destruction across Canada – from the statue of Queen Victoria de-plinthed, as the saying goes, from her pedestal, surveying the city named after her, chucked into the briny ocean of the harbour[…]
https://catholicherald.co.uk/twelve-quick-thoughts-on-pope-francis-dropping-his-long-expected-bomb-on-the-traditional-latin-mass/
Who is this saint, Bonaventure of Bagnoregio, whose feast collect aptly describes him as a man of great learning and having the ardor of … charity? Undoubtedly, Saint Bonaventure is a central figure within our Franciscan Family. He was born around 1217 in Bagnoregio, which is close to Orvieto, Italy. After graduating with an Arts degree, he[…]
To know much and taste nothing-of what use is that? (Saint Bonaventure, +1274)
This past week, in the cycle of readings for ferial Masses, we read the story of the Patriarch Joseph. It is a story rich in meaning and in typology. In the Patriarch Joseph we see a type of Our Lord who like him was betrayed, but whose betrayal worked for the good. By God’s appointment,[…]
A reader wrote the following in response to Father Testa’s article on Canceling Conservative Priests: Ah, but is it the whole truth? For confidentiality reasons an ‘employer’ in a large organization does not release details of disciplinary disputes beyond the employee and representative, but the employee may choose share with colleagues his version, perhaps an[…]
