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
Climate change hysteria is heating up, with parts of the globe experiencing record-level temperatures. As the saying goes, never let a good crisis go to waste, and the current heat wave offers good fodder. We should be cautious in attributing too much to this. ‘Record-level’ implies since the time of record-keeping, which is quite recent[…]
So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place (2 Pet. 1:18). Today we celebrate the glorious Feast of Our Lord’s Transfiguration. We are familiar with this event in the life of Our Lord because every year, on[…]
The Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building. (Saint Jean-Marie Vianney, +1859)
In one day the Eucharist will make you produce more for the glory of God than a whole lifetime without it. (Saint Peter Julian Eymard, +1868)
Dr. Ryan Topping, of Newman Theological College in Edmonton, zealous proponent of true Catholic education, life-long teacher, prolific author and sometime contributor to these pages, has written in his latest book a very handy, thoughtful treatise Thinking as Though God Exists: Newman on Evangelizing the “Nones”. The ‘nones’ are those who profess no religion at[…]
The recent feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola brought into my heart the importance of discernment, a fundamental aspect of the spiritual life, which helped Ignatius to progress in his loving relationship with Jesus Christ, and which he himself helped to perfect. For the warrior Iñigo it was surely not an easy task to undertake.[…]
To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain. (Saint Ignatius of Loyola, +1556)
When we hear that someone was “born with a silver spoon in his mouth” we think of a man being born into much wealth with many worldly opportunities. Today’s first reading (1 Kings 3.5-12) discusses King Solomon and in many ways this silver spoon expression applies to him. Solomon was born about 1000 years before[…]
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all he had and bought it (Mt. 13:45-46). ⧾ All of the parables, the long ones and even the shortest of them, like the one on the pearl of great[…]
Pastor Arthur Pawlowski has been found guilty of “inciting mischief and eco-terrorism”, a charge that could result in a ten-year prison sentence. You may recall his uncompromising resistance to the Covidian tyranny imposed on Canadian citizens. Totalitarian regimes can hardly do otherwise, for Pawlowski acted in public defiance, and if his example were permitted to[…]
