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
‘My sheep hear my voice. I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish’ (Jn. 10:27). In this brief statement we have everything we need to know about God and ourselves. The Lord of all creation reveals Himself and He has created us with an ability both[…]
The future will be resplendent, and an untold number of souls will be saved, but on one condition: that your sons be devoted to the Blessed Virgin. (Saint Dominic Savio, + 1857)
May 6th is the traditional feast of St Dominic Savio, the holy teenager who embraced the spirituality of St John Bosco and the Salesian community he founded. God’s greatness in Dominic’s life was that of executing the normal duties in an extraordinary way through love. Dominic was born on April 2, 1842, in Northern Italy,[…]
(A re-post from last fall, after catching up with Bonnie Landry the other day…More podcasts on the horizon, so stay tuned.) I had an interview the other evening with Mrs. Bonnie Landry, on her popular podcast, ‘Making Joy Normal’. Following upon our previous one on the theme of grace, back in June, this one discusses[…]
Hssss…Is that escaping air, or the sound of a forked tongue? The leak of the draft of the Supreme Court’s potential upcoming majority decision on Roe v. Wade reminds of a similar one in the prelude to Humanae Vitae. Pope John XXIII had set up a Birth Control Commission (BCC) in 1962, not to consider[…]
(Today, May 3rd, in Poland marks the great solemnity of Mary, Queen of Poland. Hence, this reflection by Paul Suski commemorating one of the great apparitions in Poland is quite fitting). Editor The 145th anniversary of the Marian apparitions in Gietrzwald falls on June 27, 2022. Although not as well known as Fatima, this shrine[…]
Canadian editor shows the enduring beauty of Canada The N.I.H. (the National Institute for Health) says in a recent article “The increasing evidence that the vaccines do little to control disease spread and that their effectiveness wanes over time make it even more imperative to assess the degree to which the vaccines might cause harm.”[…]
We recently celebrated the feast day of one of the most devout and followers of the Virgin Mary ever in the history of Mariology, St Louis-Marie de Montfort, and ’tis fitting at the beginning of this Marian month to ponder his life and devotion. This great Marian saint is well known for his special prayer[…]
There are three ‘dimensions’ to the Church in her pilgrimage through time: The Church suffering, in purgatory; the Church triumphant, in heaven; and the Church militant, here on Earth. These terms are muted in the current Catechism, but the idea is implicit. The Church is not at war in an earthly sense – as Christ’s[…]
The great reset is a set of bad ideas, ideas that would in my view leave Canada and the Western world poorer and far less free. Confronting those ideas – and calling out politicians like Justin Trudeau who spoke of the pandemic as an ‘opportunity for a reset’ – is important, because we cannot let[…]
