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
Have you ever wondered about the identity of that mysterious figure in the book of Genesis named Melchizedek, the King of Salem who offers a sacrifice of bread and wine for Abraham after his successful rescue of his nephew Lot from his captors?[1] Or have you ever wondered about the significance of Psalm 110:4, where[…]
How are we to respond to the recent massacres? The supermarket shooting just last week, and then the horrific killing of children as they sat in their classroom. The headlines evince any number of others; last year on this day, a disgruntled employee murdered ten of his co-workers in San Francisco; last Sunday was the[…]
On the 25th of May 1887 Padre Pio was born. In my parish, at the Holy Trinity church in Marsa, Malta, a solemn mass was celebrated to commemorate this great event. If every person is a gift to the world, we can certainly say that of Padre Pio, whose spiritual legacy thrives on and on.[…]
Christian joy is a gift of God flowing from a good conscience (Saint Philip Neri, +1595)
Children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come; therefore we know that it is the last hour. So writes Saint John in today’s reading (1 John 2:18), and we may wonder who or what is this mysterious figure of the ‘antichrist’, of[…]
And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face. (Saint Bede the Venerable, +735)
Saturday, May 21st, is the feast day of Blessed Franz Jägerstätter – the anniversary of his baptism – and it would benefit us to ponder the life of this great Austrian (and of whom a recent film was made). Franz Jägerstätter was born on the 20th of May 1907, in the Upper Austrian region, in[…]
Sitting in an Essay Writing class in my first year at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, I heard these words of Joseph Razinger for the first time: …the arrow of nostalgia pierces man, wounds him and in this way gives him wings, lifts him upwards towards the transcendent…it is the Bridegroom who has smitten[…]
Turn your eyes incessantly to the Blessed Virgin; she, who is the Mother of Sorrows and also the Mother of Consolation, can understand you completely and help you. Looking to her, praying to her, you will obtain that your tedium will become serenity, your anguish change into hope, and your grief into love (Pope Saint[…]
A happy Victoria Day weekend to all our readers! While this is also the memorial of the Mother of the Church, and Our Lady of Sheshan, we should not neglect the political history of our own country, as a French, then a British colony, under both crowns. For better or worse, the Brits won out,[…]
