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
(From the archives, but still relevant today, as we enter into the preparatory time of Advent. Strive as you might to keep Christmas until Christmas. After all, it’s that for which we are preparing. Here’s wishing a blessed and grace-filled one to all our readers! Editor) Most of us are distracted by so many things.[…]
The Kingston Choral Society is putting on the Messiah on this First Sunday of Advent, something we would normally be happy to support, and I even had a passing thought of making the long-ish trek to attend, for it has been a while since I have seen Handel’s marvelous oratorio live. Then this caveat on[…]
Advent, this powerful liturgical season that we are beginning, invites us to pause in silence to understand a presence. It is an invitation to understand that the individual events of the day are hints that God is giving us, signs of the attention he has for each one of us. (Pope Benedict XVI)
It isn’t the most difficult mountain to climb, but in many ways the most impressive. The top of the world, the highest spot one can stand on the earth’s surface, so high that the blue sky is tinged to violet, one is so much closer to outer space. Breathtaking footage, for those of us who[…]
The ironically-named Sam Bankman-Fried has certainly taken it to the bank, freed from the bonds of justice that should have him locked up. His cryptocurrency company – FTX – has allegedly bamboozled investors out of billions, and Mr. Sam has walked away with a good chunk of that. This seems a replay, on an even[…]
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. (G.K. Chesterton)
Behold, the pagans have trodden your cross underfoot! Where is your glory? As I see all this, I would, in the ardent love I have for you, prefer to be torn limb from limb and to die as a witness to your love. (Saint Paul Le-Bao-Tinh, martyr of Vietnam)
In discussing the theme of Church-State relations in class, I offer students examples of constitutions of various countries, those founding documents that shape the laws and mores of the nation. As the refrain against (apparently) unjust laws has it, ‘it’s unconstitutional!’. Many constitutions still bear the trace of the country’s original religion, evoking its principles[…]
Woodstock by Joni Mitchell Well, I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him, “Tell me, where are you going?” And this he told me Said, “I’m going down to Yasgur’s Farm Gonna join in a rock ‘n’ roll band Got to get back to the land[…]
Your heart must rejoice beyond words, soaring into an immensity of gladness, unrestrained by syllabic bonds. Sing to him with jubilation. (Saint Augustine)
