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
I’m not sure how much good petitions at this point will do – besides, of course, petitions to God, Our Lady and the saints – but we fulfill what we can, and let the same God do the rest. So, ponder signing the following, that the Senate not vote yes to the Emergencies Act, as[…]
(O)nce they found the pearl of great price, our order, they not only gave all they had to the poor but cheerfully offered themselves to God and our Lady in true and loyal service (from an anonymous early member of the Servite Order)
With the new draconian power – not the same thing as lawful authority, mind you – of the Emergencies Act, truckers, along with anyone else deemed to be ‘protesting’, will soon face imminent arrest, as attested in a letter handed out personally by the Ottawa Police. Perhaps this is why the chief resigned: Trudeau is[…]
You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the world. Gilbert K. Chesterton There is an old adage that there is no such thing as good writing, only good re-writing, and, we may perhaps add, even better re-re-writing. Mozart could apparently produce perfect symphonies[…]
“I am the way, the truth, and the life” ~ John 14:6 Dietrich von Hildebrand’s The Dethronement of Truth is a collection of three essays written at different points in his illustrious career. The title essay was published in 1943, but is even more relevant today. Hildebrand clearly understood that Truth, which is the supreme[…]
As readers may have already heard, the vote today for ending the mandates (at the federal level) failed, with Liberals and NDP’s voting to keep them, and the Conservatives against (to their credit). At 2 am this morning, they will be ‘voting’ – if that verb even applies anymore – to invoke the Emergency Measures[…]
It is entirely possible. The Prime Minister met with all the premiers last night, required to invoke the Act (now called the ‘Emergencies Act’). His own dad invoked this legislation, which gives the Prime Minister nearly unlimited and unchecked powers, during the FLQ crisis in 1970, and the child may follow suit. What will follow[…]
The 14th of February of every year marks the great feast of the two brothers which history dubs as the “Apostles of the Slavs”, Saints Cyril and Methodius. It is right and just to honour these two brothers with such an eminent title since their life stories are an extraordinary witness of their incredible work,[…]
Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man! Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets (Luke 6:[…]
On February 12th, the Church celebrates the feast of Blessed Leopold of Alpandeire. Who was Blessed Leopold? From where does he come from? What was his vocation which opened him completely to the Holy Spirit’s workings, the Spirit of holiness? For answers, the compass of Capuchin holiness takes us to Spain, to Alpandeire, a tiny[…]
