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
What we know of the saints is the least part of them. So quipped Saint Philp Neri (+1595), and it is a saying that has always given me some comfort. For the saints are like the rest of us, waging relentless war against their lower natures, right up to the very end. When someone praised[…]
Recently I was asked by an atheist friend to point to just one passage in Scripture for which there is a single piece of evidence to corroborate any scientific discovery ever made. I was happy to oblige by citing the first words from the mouth of God. “Let there be light!” (Genesis 1:3) That was[…]
For those who’d like a vivid and accurate overview of the ‘taking of Normandy’ this documentary is one of the best. For the re-conquering of France from the Nazis was not just the storming of the beaches on June 6th, but a long and brutal campaign through the French countryside against an implacable and determined[…]
The 8th of June also marks the liturgical memorial of Blessed Nicholas of Gesturi. Who was this lay brother? Why is his example so eloquent in today’s world? Brother Nicholas is the last Franciscan figure, in chronological order, who lived in Cagliari, to reach the glory of the altars, after Saints Salvatore da Horta (1520-1567) friar Minor, miracle worker, and Saint[…]
How do you calculate infinity? John Hopkin’s university Mathematician Emily Reil tried to explain the baffling concept of infinity to various audiences ranging from a toddler to graduate student qualifier. She explained that one of the fundamental understandings of infinity is that it is outside the bounds of finite reality. Therefore, to understand infinity is[…]
A blessed ‘feast’ of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, Sedes Sapientiae, an ancient and venerable title of the Virgin Mary celebrated on June 8th as the Chora tou Achoretou, the ‘container of the uncontainable’, the new ‘ark of the covenant’, the ‘chosen shrine’, as the sixth century hymn by Venantius Fortunatus has it, ‘in which[…]
In the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I trust. Look to the Star, call upon Mary! In danger, in difficulty or in doubt, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Keep her name on your lips, never let it pass out of your heart.” (Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, +1153)
On this June 7th, 2024, the entire Church is celebrating the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, falling this year some 19 days following the Solemnity of Pentecost. Initially it was a diocesan celebration, in Rennes, France, celebrated with its approved liturgy on August 31, 1670, at the request of St John Eudes.[…]
Christendom is dead and God is calling His Church to rise up and rebuild His Church. I see myself as a “tradismatic” Catholic, to borrow a made-up word from Scott Hahn, which means I don’t like when people try to pigeonhole me into a particular subset of Catholicism. I encountered Jesus as a teenager and[…]
There is in the Sacred Heart the symbol and express image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love in return. (Pope Leo XIII, +1903)
