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
On this feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, it would be beneficial to remind ourselves of the papal messages which have been given to us through this worldly known Shrine. I want to start with that given to us by Pope St John Paul II in 2004, from the homily he preached on Sunday 15[…]
If you choose, you can keep the commandments, and they will save you… [God] has not commanded anyone to be wicked, and He has not given anyone permission to sin (Sir. 15:15, 20). The Gospel of St. Matthew presents Our Lord as the new Moses or lawgiver who explains the precepts of the Old Law[…]
There is a fin de siècle feel in the air, akin to what people must have felt in 1914 on eve of the Great War – which was meant to end all wars. As Europe descended into the madness of that maelstrom, Cardinal Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa was elected Pope, taking the name[…]
I shall spend every moment loving. One who loves does not notice her trials; or perhaps more accurately, she is able to love them. I shall do everything for Heaven, my true home. There I shall find my Mother in all the splendor of her glory. I shall delight with her in the joy of[…]
On the memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, back in 1984, Pope Saint John Paul II promulgated an Apostolic Letter on the mystery of human suffering, Salvifici Doloris (the same year he made his first apostolic journey to Canada. One priest in a talk I heard mentioned that it may be remembered as one of[…]
