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 day in 1525, Martin Luther married Katherine von Bora. Luther was – ontologically speaking – still a priest, a member of the Augustinians, and Katherine was a Cistercian nun, so whatever ceremony they went through was, sadly, objectively invalid. Both had abandoned their original vocations, in different ways: Eight years after he had[…]
On this 13th of June, the universal Church rejoices with the Franciscan order for the feast of one of her famous sons, St Anthony of Padua, the day he was borne into heaven, his dies natalis. For it was on this day in 1231 that Brother Anthony came down from his tree house to eat[…]
Our thoughts ought by instinct to fly upwards from animals, men and natural objects to their creator. If created things are so utterly lovely, how gloriously beautiful must he be who made them! The wisdom of the worker is revealed in his handiwork. (Saint Anthony of Padua, +1231)
