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
The tumultuous life of Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer (1751 – 1820) proves what the devil once admitted to the Cure d’Ars, that if there but three priests like him, his kingdom would be destroyed. Clement was one such priest, totally dedicated to his mission and work for Christ’s own kingdom. Events precluded Johannes – his[…]
A reader responds to the reflection by Dan Hitchens, to which we linked the other day: The blatant omission by Dan Hitchens of the coercive experimental vaccine mandates by Pope Francis within the Vatican, and its intended reverberation through Christendom, raises the distinct possibility that this “balanced analysis”, for that is the veneer he wishes[…]
God is seen by those who have the capacity to see him, provided that they keep the eyes of their mind open. All have eyes, but some have eyes that are shrouded in darkness, unable to see the light of the sun. (Saint Theophilus of Antioch, +182)
As the saying goes, Ite ad Joseph! – Go to Joseph, and today marks the beginning of the novena to the Protector and Defender of Our Lady and the Christ. There are many needs we may bring before this silent, but powerful, ‘shadow of the Father’ – for the Church, for the world, for our[…]
An intriguing take on this pontificate, with more than a note of tragedy, from Dan Hitchens, senior editor at First Things.
Today, March 13th, is the tenth anniversary of the election of Jorge Bergolio as the 266th successor of Saint Peter, the first Pope from the ‘new world’, the first Jesuit to become Pope, and the first to take the name Francis. I will prescind from all the discussions of sedevacantism, which seems too simple and[…]
God thirsts, that we may thirst for Him (Saint Augustine, +430)
On March 12th, 1622, Pope Gregory canonized Philip Neri, along with Ignatius Loyola, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Avila and Isidore the Farmer – or, as the Oratorian joke goes, ‘four Spaniards and a saint’. But in all saintly seriousness, these five signify an era of great holiness, offering a spiritual foundation for the modern world[…]
For our Sunday musical offering this week, we present William Byrd’s sublime setting of the Lenten motet Ne Irascaris Domine, in four parts, first published in 1589. The text is taken from Isaiah 64:10, lamenting the desolation of Jerusalem after the exile, a allegory of the state of the soul – and the state –[…]
As we journey through the beautiful season of Lent the Church has provided us with some magnificent Gospel readings. In the First Sunday of Lent our Gospel is from Matthew (4.1-11) and we hear about Jesus going out into the wilderness. After fasting for 40 days and 40 nights, Jesus was tempted by Satan to[…]
