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
August 16th, besides the public memorial of King Stephen of Hungary, is also the feast of a very popular mediaeval Saint, Roch of Montpellier, also known as Rock, Rollox (in Scotland) and even Rocco, born around the year 1295, and who died, while held unjustly in prison, in 1327. Legends abound: His mother was barren,[…]
Finally, be strong lest prosperity lift you up too much or adversity cast you down. Be humble in this life, that God may raise you up in the next. Be truly moderate and do not punish or condemn anyone immoderately. Be gentle so that you may never oppose justice. Be honourable so that you may[…]
William Byrd (ca. 1540 – 1623) was an unabashed Catholic composer during the tumultuous time of the ‘Reformation’ – more properly, the revolt in England and across Europe against the Roman Catholic Church, to which the the great musician belonged. He was born in during the dying days of Henry VIII, and lived through the[…]
In light of the tangled and controversial implications of the recent motu proprio Traditionis Custodes – the irony of which title still strikes me – I thought I would throw my own two cents into the treasury of liturgical debate, in part since I am teaching a course on the Sacraments this upcoming semester, and[…]
