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
Artist Miles Tucker’s latest bronze sculpture is designed to inspire and fortify faith by depicting the precise moment of Jesus’ resurrection within the tomb three days after his crucifixion. The master work is biblically and historically accurate, with exquisite detailing, and is unique in depicting this specific moment, which is so important in the[…]
Ten thousand reasons is a catchy charismatic praise and worship song. Of course, I may not play it at Mass, but it fits around a campfire. On a more tragic note, there are now ten thousand reasons to end the evil of euthanasia in Canada, for that is now the number of victims of the[…]
Recently, as I was reading, I came across a very intriguing quote by Robert Lee Fulghum, who said: The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community. In our world, where alone-ness and solitude are becoming the order of the day, we certainly need more community. A great companion in this existential[…]
The author here makes a good point, that regardless of how bad, awful, outlandish, puerile, even sacrilegious liturgical abuse may be, it is almost never disciplined or corrected, but tolerated, and even, in many ways, aided and abetted. Sadly, it seems, liturgia moribundus est. But all is not lost. We may reiterate the point that[…]
In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI inaugurated a Year for Priests, under the heavenly intercession of the Cure of Ars, Saint Jean Vianney, the patron saint not only of parish priests, but of all priests. What makes a priest, is a question asked by the great Thomist Josef Pieper in his In Search of the Sacred.[…]
When the data does not go the way you’d like it, delete it, right down the hole of your donut graph. I don’t recall learning that back when I was studying experimental methodology, but the times they are a changin’.
Saint Eusebius of Vercelli Dear Brothers and Sisters, This morning I invite you to reflect on St Eusebius of Vercelli, the first Bishop of Northern Italy of whom we have reliable information. Born in Sardinia at the beginning of the fourth century, he moved to Rome with his family at a tender age. Later, he[…]
Names can be confusing in history, for significant figures often share the same name – There have been eighteen kings Louis in France; eight kings Henry in England and six kings James in Scotland; eleven emperors Constantine in – where else – Constantinople; and six presidents James in the United States. I may add that[…]
On August 1, 2022, we celebrated the liturgical memorial of St Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori I asked myself: In what way such a great saint speaks to us today? In an age where we are sadly experiencing a serious lack of spiritual mentors, leafing through his numerous writings, I can easily arrive at the conclusion[…]
Whoever prays is certainly saved. He who does not is certainly damned. (Saint Alphonsus Ligouri, as quoted in the Catechism, 2744)
