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
The celebration of Pentecost Sunday brought into my heart the very valid question which I have been asking to myself all along: What does Pentecost mean to me? As a man, Christian, consecrated person as well as a priest, Pentecost for me is returning back to what Pope Francis terms as the second anointing. Pentecost[…]
On this feast of the Visitation, the last day of May, here are two musical renditions of the Magnificat, which Mary says – sings? – in today’s Gospel: The first, J.S. Bach’s magnificent rendering of Our Lady’s song of praise, published in 1733, likely for this very feast, based on an earlier version in 1723. Lutherans[…]
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI DURING THE PRAYER MEETING IN THE VATICAN GARDENS FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THE MARIAN MONTH OF MAYGrotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens Tuesday, 31 May 2005 Dear Brothers and Sisters, I join you with great joy at the end of this prayer meeting organized by[…]
“If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, various nations will be annihilated.” Our Lady of Fatima, July 13,[…]
Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing, nevertheless they give up their lives to that little or nothing. One life is all we have, and we live it as we believe in living it, and then it’s[…]
Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful! Enkindle in them the fire of Thy love! Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created – and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. +
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good (1 Cor. 12:7). Today, with joy and thanksgiving we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost. The seven weeks of Easter have come to an end and Christ Our Lord’s Passover is fulfilled in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, manifested, given and communicated[…]
Cheerfulness strengthens the heart and makes us persevere in a good life; wherefore the servant of God ought always to be in good spirits (Saint Philip Neri, +1595)
The short answer is, no one really knows, and we’ll be flying by the seat of our pants shoud Congress not come to some sort of deal on the debt ceiling. Big-fish Wall Street investors and the Federal Reserve all the way to the couple with their retirement savings and the kid saving up for[…]
Ensemble Jupiter is a group of young musicians who play with great flair and incomparable French élan. Here they are from a performance last summer, with an eclectic offering from Vivaldi’s 17th century Italian baroque to the more contemporary Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre’s (or just Rodrigo’s) Concierto de Aranjuez, composed in 1939, just as the world[…]
