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, Tuesday 22 February 2022, Feast of the Chair of Peter, puts Peter’s Chair as the centre of our prayer. The Chair reminds us of the particular mission Jesus gave to Peter. Historically this Feast goes back to the 3rd century, extending back to the original cathedra of Peter. This is the privileged place from[…]
Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the[…]
“Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven”[…]
St. Peter Damian (1007-1073) was a Benedictine monk and Cardinal Bishop whose principle legacy relevant to our time is his slim volume titled The Book of Gomorrah (English translation by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman). Friend to several popes, he was never formally canonized but is recognized as a saint in the Church calendar on February 21st[…]
What one man, forty feed of sidewalk, and constant daily fidelity can do, and they can do wonders, as Jonathan van Maren so eloquently describes the life of faithful pro-life hero John Barros. Much of life is simply about showing up. Requiescat in pace, and may he soon rejoice in all those mothers and babies he[…]
I thought I would share the following request, to intercede for the repose of the soul of His Grace, Bishop Peter Muhich, who just passed away: I have an urgent prayer request share the Bishop of Rapid City Peter Muhich passed away a few days ago after a short but heroic fight against Esophageal cancer.[…]
For those in the area, here is notice of a talk by one of our alumni here at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, this Thursday evening : Theology on Tap – PEMBROKE Thursday, February 22. 7 – 8:30 pm at Nelson St. Pub, 207 Nelson Street, Pembroke. Guest speaker: Fr. Scott Murray Topic: Chair of[…]
I. The ancient Greeks – Plato and Aristotle, especially – made a distinction between two approaches to science. (And, by science, they meant anything that could be known by reason): The method of the astronomer and that of the physicist. (Don’t be misled by these terms, for these ‘methods’ apply to any science, not just[…]
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI FOR LENT 2010 “The justice of God has been manifested through faith in Jesus Christ” (cf. Rm 3, 21-22) Dear Brothers and Sisters! Each year, on the occasion of Lent, the Church invites us to a sincere review of our life in light of the teachings of the[…]
(I realize many of us have some difficulty with Pope Francis – and the Church seems to be in a perpetual penitential mode of late – but his homilies often contain some good spiritual counsel, fitting for his papal office. In light of this beginning of Lent, I thought we should peruse some of his[…]
