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
It has been a beloved custom of priests from across the earth to say a private Mass on one of the 45 side altars or 11 chapels when visiting the great Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, the centre of Christendom, oft in the early morning light,. The liturgy would be with one server, or a[…]
Oh, how great is a priest! The priest will not understand the greatness of his office till he is in Heaven. If he understood it on earth, he would die, not of fear, but of love. (Saint Jean-Marie Vianney, the Cure d’Ars, +1859)
The Donkey BY G. K. CHESTERTON When fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew upon thorn, Some moment when the moon was blood Then surely I was born. With monstrous head and sickening cry And ears like errant wings, The devil’s walking parody On all four-footed things. The tattered outlaw of the earth, Of[…]
I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood (Judas Iscariot, Mt 27:4)
It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two (Lk. 23:44). ⧾ In the traditional form of the Mass, the Passion narratives of all four gospels are read in the[…]
Today is Spy Wednesday in our tradition, the day on which Judas Iscariot decided to hand over Our Lord for thirty pieces of silver which, as the sermon at Mass this morning pointed out, was the price of a slave. Christ allowed Himself to be given into the hands of men, as the price of[…]
Before a reflection from long-time contributor Terry McDermott, a health-care worker, a few words from your friendly neighbourhood editor: The Covid vaccine is, to put it mildly, a controversial topic, on which both society and the Church seem divided. Opinions are firmly held, even amongst health-care workers, and emotions follow. The Church has clarified that[…]
Today, March 30th, happens to be the commemoration of Saint John Climacus, the Syrian monk and mystic, of whom Father Mario Attard wrote on CI just recently. Here is Pope Benedict XVI’s reflection on the saint, from 2009: BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 11 February 2009 John Climacus Dear Brothers and[…]
“Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.” (Matthew 5: 8) Reading numerous accounts of our contemporary canonized or beatified teenage brothers and sisters I get the impression that some writers trying to make them more accessible to the readership intentionally underline human qualities, as though “loving to make videos of his[…]
Let us run to accompany him as he hastens towards his passion, and imitate those who met him then, not by covering his path with garments, olive branches or palms, but by doing all we can to prostrate ourselves before him by being humble and by trying to live as he would wish. Then we[…]
