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
Today we celebrate the nativity of St John the Baptist. Why is St John the Baptist’s nativity celebrated by the Church in the most solemn way? In Saint Luke’s Gospel, Jesus spoke highly of John, saying to the crowds: “I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John; yet he who is[…]
An intriguing and more inside take on Saint Thomas More and Saint John Fisher:
On June 22nd, all Malta and Gozo celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Ta’ Pinu, whose shrine dates back to a mystical experience which occurred precisely on this day. In an old publication regarding this Sanctuary which bears the Italian title: La Beata Vergine Ta’ Pinu a Gozo (The Blessed Virgin of Ta’ Pinu in Gozo)[…]
Contrary to what is reported on a certain website, I am not claiming that the SSPX is in ‘schism’ – only that the danger lurks within its mindset and modus operandi – We cannot build a Church without the papacy and outside of the office of Peter,- a fitting thought on the feast of Saints[…]
As we celebrate two of the greatest of Englishmen – More and Fisher, of course – here is a 1565 motet by Thomas Tallis, one of the greatest of English composers (along with William Byrd), If Ye Love Me, which advocates, as the text continues, ‘keep my commandments’. This was at the height of the[…]
If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger, pride and stupidity commonly profit far beyond charity, modesty, justice and thought, perhaps we must stand fast a little, even at the risk of being heroes. (Saint Thomas More)
I have an article out on Catholic World Report, with some thoughts on the SSPX, which is personal to me, as one who loves Tradition, but how we reappropriate the treasures of the Church is a question. I have any number of people I know who are drifting towards the ‘Society’, and there are any[…]
In the annals of the continued deviations of celebrations of the Novus Ordo – going way beyond what Vatican II and even the post-conciliar decrees – the bishop of the Hamilton diocese in southern Ontario, His Excellency Douglas Crosby, has just forbidden kneeling to receive Holy Communion, at least in his cathedral. One may peruse[…]
The divine goodness…is a fathomless and shoreless ocean, and I confess that when I plunge my mind into thought of this it is carried away by the immensity and feels quite lost and bewildered there. In return for my short and feeble labours, God is calling me to eternal rest; his voice from heaven invites[…]
So, due to some last-minute, ah, difficulties, with which I was not directly involved, the Theology on Tap talk this evening has been moved, to the hall of Saint Columbkille’s cathedral. Apparently, some people considered the topic ‘unsafe’, for reasons unclear to me. The theme was simply the principles which constitute the various forms of[…]
