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 Friday 2 February, we celebrated the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord. In the presentation of Jesus at the temple to the Father the Church also saw the role and mission of consecrated persons who give their lives to God. In his message for the first world Day for Consecrated Life, Pope Saint[…]
A blessed feast of the Presentation to all our readers, which used to, and still may, be called Candlemas, a celebration of the light that is Christ, now revealed to the world; the Lumen gentium, outside of Whom there is only darkness. In the pre-1969 calendar, this day marks the end of the Christmas season,[…]
Are there passages from the Bible that frighten you, or at least make you think twice about yourself and your behaviour? Thomas Merton—a well-known religious figure of a generation ago—was made uneasy by Matthew 6.5: “Amen I say to you, they have received their reward,” words used by Jesus to describe the recognition the Pharisees[…]
When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph brought the child Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (Lk. 2:22). ⧾ Today we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and acknowledge Him as a light for revelation to the Gentiles and[…]
