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
Opinions on the ‘vaccine’ range from those who see it as the prophylactic panacea to bring us back to peace and normality – whatever that may now mean – all the way to those adamant that they will never take the hastily approved conspiratorial concoction, come hell or high water. There is a widening divide[…]
Sunday 17 January 2021, is the liturgical feast of St Anthony of Egypt or Anthony the Great. In the words of Pope Francis when he addressed a meeting and prayer with priests, religious and seminarians during his apostolic journey to Egypt on Saturday 29 April 2017 at Saint Leo the Great Patriarchal Seminary in Maadi,[…]
An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered (G.K. Chesterton)
We may not agree with all the details of his argument and rationale – there is ambiguity in the notion of ‘spacing children’ – but these thoughts from Ross Douthat do point out that having children is a spiritual and supernatural endeavour, and, all things considered, the more the merrier. And once we lose sight[…]
(In this year that we follow the Gospel of Saint Mark, Father Callam offers us a four-part series on the Evangelist and his perspective on the life of Christ.) If I were to characterize the Gospel of Matthew in a phrase, I would say that it describes Jesus as the new Moses, replacing with his[…]
Since all the children share the same blood and flesh, Christ too shared equally in it, so that by his death he could take away all the power of the devil, who had power over death, and set free all those who had been held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death.[…]
Certain critics tell us that we wish to return to the Dark Ages about which they themselves are entirely in the dark. They are in the dark, not only about what the phrase ought to mean, but even about what they mean by it. At the best it is an abusive term for the Middle[…]
As lockdowns continue and children and students are confined to attend school from home, increasingly it would seem, there is a need to structure the obligations of family life, work, study and even prayer in the confines of a single dwelling; a condition not unlike a monastery. St. Benedict of Nursia, (480-547) the Father of[…]
Whatever happened on Capitol Hill last week cannot be described as a ‘coup’, and the charge of ‘attempted coup’ cannot be placed at the feet of Donald Trump. That would, in any previous society, seem obvious, but in the current halls of mirrors of social media, the obvious is not so obvious anymore. A coup[…]
Persevere at your duty, take pleasure in doing it, and grow old at your work. Do not be astonished at the sinner’s achievements; trust the Lord and keep to your duty…Call no man fortunate before his death; it is by his end that a man will be known. (cf., Ecclesiasticus, 11)
