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
Today, Monday October 18, 2021, is the feast day of St Luke, the Evangelist and the author of the Book of Acts. It is interesting that if one were to look closely at the Gospel he left us, one notices the merciful tone of it. To begin with, we notice that the word mercy is used some[…]
Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among us, just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write[…]
For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many’ (Mk. 10:45). ⧾ Taken as a unified whole, the lessons of the Mass today contain all that we need to know to understand how the Son of God saves us and how[…]
The feast of St Margaret Mary Alacoque, which we celebrate today, Saturday October 16, reminds us of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was on December 27, 1673, the Feast of St John the Evangelist, when this French nun of the Visitation Monastery in Paray-le-Monial, received this incomparable grace of seeing the Lord Jesus Himself.[…]
How beautiful and life-giving it is to see the saints’ lives as pointers to true life! St Teresa of Avila, whose feast is today, Friday, October 15, is undoubtedly one of them. In her writings one clearly sees that her holiness was, in fact, grounded on Jesus and all the more relevant to our daily[…]
On this, the ‘ides’ of October, the fifteenth, mid-month, we celebrate the great mystic and doctor of the Church, Teresa of Avila (+1582) who, along with her male contemporary Saint John of the Cross, helped to reform the ancient Carmelite Order. This very human Spaniard, whose vivid personality shines through her writings and the ages,[…]
I have an article published in Catholic World Report, on the Limits of Science and how science might – and might not – guide what moral decisions we make. Peruse as you will, and it will appear here in due time, perhaps in modified form, for it is difficult to keep up with things in[…]
J.S. Bach wrote six suites for unaccompanied cello, composed between 1717 and 1723, are amongst the commonly performed works for the instrument, and rightly so, for in them his genius shines starkly forth (but, then, when does it not?). As one comment has it, Bach could make the cello sound as rich as a pipe[…]
‘How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God’ (Mk. 10:24). As with many of Our Lord’s sayings, this one is often misinterpreted and seen as a blanket condemnation of those who are wealthy. In order to understand in a deeper manner what Our Lord is actually teaching[…]
When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else. (Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman, +1890)
