Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
Month: October 2021
Loving God With All Our Heart
‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one’ (Mk. 12:29). ⧾ The Gospel of the Mass today contains what we Christians call the Great Commandment: ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind, and with all your strength. You[…]
The Bioethicist and the Embryo
(This is one instalment of a four-part series on the human embryo by Dr. Eshan Dias. We are posting the third part of the series here below, which sums up his main argument. The other three section are more technical, with scientific language, and may appeal to those so inclined. There is much that is[…]
Blessed Rosario Livatino: A Martyr for Justice
Friday 29 October 2021 remains an historic date for those who venerate Blessed Rosario Livatino, for today is his first liturgical memorial. Rosario Livatino, or as he is commonly known the “boy judge”, was the first magistrate that was beatified throughout the Catholic Church history. As we know, the criminal organization known as Stidda, which[…]
RCMP for Freedom, and the CCCB for…
‘Tis disconcerting that here in Canada our federal police force, the RCMP – meant to protect our bodies and property – writes more cogently and clearly on these ‘vaxx mandates’ than what much of what we have seen from our episcopacy – who have the task of guiding our souls to heaven. There are some[…]
Naming the Apostles
We encounter the name of Jude in the Book of Acts. The evangelists Matthew and Mark name him as Thaddeus. In his catechesis on Simon and Jude, of Wednesday 11 October 2006, Pope Benedict XVI tells us that with regard to Jude Thaddaeus, this is what tradition has called him, combining two different names: in fact,[…]
Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate (G.K. Chesterton)
The Body and Judgement
“The Spirit of God who raised Jesus from the dead, . . . will give life to your mortal bodies.”[1] This is what we confess in the creed: “I believe in the resurrection of the body.” But why, I wonder, do we believe it? Cannot our souls enjoy the vision of God—or suffer in hell,[…]
I think the oddest thing about the advanced people is that, while they are always talking about things as problems, they have hardly any notion of what a real problem is (G.K. Chesterton)
Saint Joseph: Foster Father, Virginal Father, Real Father?
As I do more reading into what various theologians and josephologists have written about the fatherhood of Saint Joseph, I notice that there is a common pattern in respect to the use of the title of “Foster Father.” More and more, I see that some are becoming more and more uncomfortable and dissatisfied with the[…]