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
“We have the impression that through some cracks in the wall the smoke of Satan has entered the temple of God.” Pope Paul VI, June 29, 1972 When Pope Paul VI made his cryptic statement that the “Smoke of Satan” had entered the sanctuary of the Church, he was announcing to the whole world an[…]
Go often to rest your heart near the tabernacle; you will find there the necessary strength and graces to go more surely along the path of fidelity (Saint Leonie Aviat, +1914)
As I was reading Reading the Church Fathers: A History of the Early Church and the Development of Doctrine, a brand new magnum opus by scholar James L. Papandrea, I wondered whether the author might be Catholic. At first I was not sure, but the book seemed written from such a perspective. It was not[…]
Human relationships are sorely limited. We all long for companionship and lasting union with another. However, regardless of place or time, one’s ability to achieve union with another has been and will continue to be limited. In my reading, I have yet to find an author who so thoroughly and honestly addressed this reality as[…]
Thursday 16 June 2022, is the liturgical memorial of our Capuchin brothers Blessed Anicet Koplinski and his companions who were martyred in World War II in Poland. Adalbert was born in 1975 from a Polish-German family in Preußisch-Friedland (today Debrzno) in the province of western Prussia (Westpreußen) in Germany, a city which borders Poland and[…]
Trinity Sunday offers us the opportunity of savouring some truly inspiring quotes from the Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta’s mystical opus, The Book of Heaven, concerning the Holy Trinity. The third volume of the Book of Heaven offers us some very intriguing insights. On November 26, 1899, Luisa wrote:In one instant, I went about looking and[…]
Three Persons who are one God because the Father is love, the Son is love, the Spirit is love. God is wholly and only love, the purest, infinite and eternal love. He does not live in splendid solitude but rather is an inexhaustible source of life that is ceaselessly given and communicated. (Pope Benedict XVI)
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption to sonship. (Rom. 8:15). ⧾ The Sunday following the Solemnity of Pentecost celebrates the Mystery of the Most Holy Trinity, the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the Mystery of[…]
It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Beloved young people! Continue to live in the truth and for the truth! May the Blessed Virgin, the Seat of Wisdom, Mother of the Word who enlightens every man, assist you, enlighten you, and comfort you (Pope Saint John Paul II)
