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 22nd Sunday of October, as we are celebrating the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, as well as World Mission Sunday. Celebrated on the second to last Sunday of October this special day is dedicated to the support of the missionary work carried by the Church, through prayer as well as sacrifices. This year’s[…]
On this feast of Saint Hedwig, readers may enjoy this article on the role of Poland in maintaining Europe’s Christian identity. Yes, the demographic signs are grim wherever one goes, but as the author describes, Poland still retains much of her Catholic identity and practice – priests in cassocks and nuns in habits, young people[…]
Keep your heart in peace and let nothing trouble you, not even your faults. You must humble yourself and amend them peacefully, without being discouraged or cast down, for God’s dwelling is in peace. (Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, +1690)
(Here in Canada, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and Saint Hedwig – normally celebrated on the 16th – are moved to October 20th, to make room on the 16th for the first Canadian-born saint, Marguerite d’Youville. So here is a re-post of a few words on the two saints of today, to refresh our devotion –[…]
Your degeneracy is astonishing. Find God,” responded Josh Alexander to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s June 21 tweet from Reykjavik:“Took this yesterday before heading home – because we couldn’t leave Reykjavík without visiting Rainbow Street. To everyone celebrating Pride in Iceland, in Canada, and around the world: Happy Pride season!” Thirty years after Canada’s centennial, prominent[…]
On this October 19th we commemorate the Polish priest and martyr, Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, murdered by communist agents on this day in 1984, for his witness to the evils of Communism, and the truth of the dignity of the human person. He was a staunch supporter of the Solidarity movement, along with Archbishops Karol Wojtyla[…]
In light of the insipidity – and insidiousness – of the Synod on Synodality, with the apparent attempt of some of its members to dissolve key teachings of the Church by bland aphorisms, here is a bracing, brief essay by the author, critic, playwright Dorothy Sayers – best known for her detective fiction, but an[…]
On this feast of Saint Luke, physician and healer, it is a propos that we post a link to a series of insightful and intriguing essays on our health-and-safety obsessed world, by the doughty Douglas Farrow, professor of theology and ethics at McGill university. In his vivid words, he sums up our current, and very[…]
Allow me to be eaten by the beasts, which are my way of reaching to God. I am God’s wheat, and I am to be ground by the teeth of wild beasts, so that I may become the pure bread of Christ. (Saint Ignatius of Antioch, +110)
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa – who has offered himself in exchange for the Hamas hostages – has requested a day of prayer and fasting for Tuesday, October the 17th for the intentions of peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land, in the midst of a grievous conflict. Fittingly, this is the memorial[…]
