In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, and she entered the house of Zechari’ah and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a[…]
Month: May 2022
Whom To Choose in the Provincial Election?
There is an election looming in the province of Ontario, Canada where Catholic Insight is located, with its rolling bucolic farms in the south, and the vast wilderness of the north, with most of the 14 million souls residing in the urban Ottawa-Toronto-Windsor corridor. It is good to see two new options on the scene,[…]
Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing, nevertheless they give up their lives to that little or nothing. One life is all we have, and we live it as we believe in living it, and then it’s[…]
The Loss of the Empress, Stan Rogers and St. Roch’s Circumnavigation
A wee bit of Canadiana for our readers: On this day in 1914, the Scottish ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the estuary of the Saint Lawrence River, after an accidental collision with a coal ship in thick fog, with the loss of 1012 lives. This was just two years after the loss[…]
Palestrina’s Viri Galilaei
Palestrina’s Viri Galilaei, the text taken from the antiphon from second Vespers of the Ascension, was first published in 1569, recounts the joyful wonder of the Apostles as they witnessed their Lord ascend bodily into heaven, whence He shall return again, at an hour willed by the Father.
Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven. (Acts 1:11)
Ascension, Bishops and the Church
When was the Church founded? Many would say that it emerged from the opened side of Jesus on the cross, like a new Eve from the new Adam. Others point to Pentecost when, with Peter’s great sermon, the Church began its mission of evangelization.[1] No one to my knowledge has suggested the Ascension, but Luke’s[…]
The Mass of the Ages
As a reflective and informative – the first YouTube commentator says ‘mind blowing’, but the reader may decide – addition to the liturgical wars, which will continue, it seems, unto the end of time, here is episode 2 of the trilogy The Mass of the Ages, an apologia for the Traditional Latin Mass. For full[…]
Romano Guardini’s ‘The End of the Modern World’
The End of the Modern World, a 1956 book by Italian-German priest and theologian, Romano Guardini, is not an easy or facile read. That is not to say that Father Guardini does not write well and clearly; he is superb. But what he says is deep, rich, sombre and even dire. It is not an[…]
Ordinationes!
Seven young men are being ordained this morning for the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, in Nebraska, at an 11 a.m. Solemn High Mass. Tradition is the the future! Please do pray for them, that their ministry for Christ and His Church bear much fruit. There is hope, and we have much work yet to[…]