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
What is a ‘restorer’? One restores buildings, books, institutions, and it seems a good thing to do so. Pope Saint Pius X’s motto was instaurare omnia in Christo – to restore all things in Christ, a mission he accomplished with great gusto in the time given to him. Why Pope Francis thinks this a bad[…]
The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is of great help towards a flourishing human life. St Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690), the humble French Visitation nun to whom Jesus appeared and chose to propagate the devotion to His Sacred Heart in its modern form, tells us: As to persons living in the world, they[…]
Our local homeschooling cooperative is putting on a production of the original musical Sleeping Beauty – the version before it was Disney-fied. The cast are all children, directed by Christine Helferty, who have all worked hard to present what is sure to be a delightful and fun-filled show. For those who live in the area,[…]
Better to pray one psalm with devotion than a hundred with distraction (Saint Romuauld, +1027)
If you put all the love of the mothers into one heart it still would not equal the love of the Heart of Mary for her children.” – Saint Louis de Montfort
Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart is the extraordinary remedy for the extraordinary needs of our time.” (Pope Pius XI, 1928)
LETTER OF JOHN PAUL II ON THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONSECRATION OF THE HUMAN RACE TO THE DIVINE HEART OF JESUS Dear Brothers and Sisters! The 100th anniversary of the Consecration of the Human Race to the Divine Heart of Jesus, prescribed for the whole Church by my Predecessor Leo XIII in the Encyclical[…]
The Litany of the Sacred Heart, as chanted in Latin: The English may be found here.
Today’s solemnity of the Sacred Heart is of rather recent provenance as Church history goes. Although the full humanity of Christ, body and soul, was defined clearly in the first series of ecumenical Councils of the Church, the notion of worshipping and honouring the ‘heart’ of Jesus has its roots in the early Middle Ages,[…]
St Anthony of Padua, whose feast is on June 13th, is an eloquent example of what it means to live the Gospel amid the challenges of everyday life. As I write this reflection spontaneously comes to my mind and heart the thought Pope Francis wrote in his letter to Friar Carlos Alberto Trovarelli, Minister General[…]
