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
What does Saint John of the Cross, whose memorial we celebrate in these ides of the dark days of December, saint stand for? Before replying to this question it is important to give a context regarding his life and the times he lived in. John was born in the vicinity of Avila, in Spain, in[…]
To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God. (Saint John of the Cross, +1591)
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Professor Janine Langan, founder of the Christianity and Culture program at the University of Toronto: St. Michael’s College. A long time educator, along with her husband Tom Langan, who predeceased her in 2012, Professor Langan has had an invaluable effect on Catholic education in Canada. Tom[…]
This year, the third Sunday of Advent was also the great feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This story is a very powerful reminder of what we pray in the Magnificat Canticle of Mary: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden (Luke 1:46-48). Our[…]
Handel’s Messiah dates back to 1742, an Oratorio that pulls out all the stops, usually connected with Christmas, but actually follows the whole life of our Saviour from His birth, through His Passion, to His glorious Resurrection. And that triumph of Christ over death The work is European in a cosmopolitan sense: Written by a[…]
Jean Mouton (1459 – 1522) was a French priest, canon and, like Vivaldi (also ordained), a prolific composer, well ahead of his time in his masterful use of polyphony, chords and harmony. From what survives of his work (more than most, due to his contemporary popularity with popes, kings, queens, nobles and the people), we[…]
Listen Everything is loud, until you listen. If you couldn’t speak, what would you do? What would you notice? The miracles of Christ or Christ? Hume said, “The Son of David’s miracles are not probable.” Was Hume deaf or dumb? Because I heard yesterday, “You can’t apply probability to intentional events.” Hume must be[…]
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Indeed, the Lord is near (Philippians 4:4-5)
So we venerate the martyrs with the same veneration of love and fellowship that we give to the holy men of God still with us. We sense that the hearts of these latter are just as ready to suffer death for the sake of the Gospel, and yet we feel more devotion towards those who[…]
Death Race 2000 – a 1975 dystopian thriller, with a tinge of what might pass for humour – takes place in a totalitarian America in the millennial year, with martial law imposed, and the greatest ‘sport’ – well, I will let the Wikipedia description stand for itself: After the “World Crash of ’79”, massive civil[…]
