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 memorial of Our Lady of Fatima, it is perhaps requisite to say a few words about revelation – A reader wrote recently that Catholics spend too much time on private sort, and not enough on public, that is, the Deposit of Faith, Scripture and Tradition, all that God has revealed to one and[…]
(As mentioned in our post on Our Lady of Fatima, this is also the day that Blessed Julian of Norwich began to receive her own visions, in 1343, from Christ Himself. Here is Pope Benedict’s reflection on the English mystic and anchoress, who has much to say to our own times) BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE[…]
Say the Rosary everyday to obtain peace for the world. And after each decade, say the following prayer: ‘O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy’…My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that[…]
Trudeau and his Liberals have announced that they intend, if re-elected, to double down on double mandatory vaccination, if not perpetual boosters on the horizon. Odd, that Trudeau just recently insisted, hand over his heart, that he has never, ever, ever, forced anyone to get vaccinated. I think Trudeau should look up the word ‘mandatory’,[…]
Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment explores complex psychological and sociological themes such as morality, socialism, and the effects of isolation. The story begins in St. Petersburg, Russia, during the 1860s. The plotline follows a clever ex-student, Raskolnikov, through the intimate psychological journey of his decision to step over the law and commit murder. He explores his[…]
Actor Robert de Niro, a septuagenarian on the cusp of octogenarianhood (he turns 80 in August) has just fathered a child. We may use that term advisedly, for ‘fathering’ implies something for humans it does not in the rest of the animal kingdom. Non-humans reproduce, but we humans procreate, for when a couple conceive a[…]
In 100 years we have gone from teaching Latin and Greek in High School to teaching remedial English in college. (Joseph Sobran)
May is a month specially dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Of course, other months have specific Marian themes – January, with the Mother of God, February, the Presentation, March, the Annunciation, August, the Assumption, October, the Rosary and December with Advent and Christmas. But there is something special about May – spring, new life,[…]
Marriage in the Alps The ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) principles and metrics are aligned with and derived from the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The UN SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) appear superficially benevolent but “sustainable development” is a euphemism that the uninitiated and gullible would need to unscramble. Indeed, sustainable development at the UN and[…]
Blessed John of Rochester, Carthusian monk and abbot of their charterhouse in London, was cruelly put to death on this May 11th in 1537, by order of King Henry VIII. The monks refused to acquiesce in the king’s seeking of the dissolution of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, so he could marry his paramour[…]
