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
An intriguing, and disconcerting, claim by Martin Pelletier, CIO, that the minimum income to qualify for a mortgage on an ‘average house’ in Canada is now $200,000. Keep in mind this is just to get your foot in the door of the real estate market. The average house price in Canada is $735,900. The average[…]
“Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” – John 15:13 In his play No Exit Jean Paul Sartre had one of his characters describe hell as “other people.” But Christ preached that holiness, which is the path to heaven, is living for other people; that[…]
The designs of His Heart are from age to age, to rescue their souls from death, and to keep them alive in famine (Ps. 32 – Entrance Antiphon). ⧾ Having celebrated the Feast of Corpus Christi which commemorates the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, we rejoice today in the Feast of the Most Sacred[…]
A blessed Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to all our readers, a feast which has its origins in the early Middle Ages, when a renewed emphasis upon Christ’s humanity dawned upon the devotional world, led by saints such as Bernard of Clairvaux and Francis of Assisi, on into the visions devotio moderna of[…]
This is the memorial of the great Saint Boniface, whose life story is well recounted by Pope Benedict in an accompanying post, and whose own Christian Faith he owes to the evangelizing efforts of the great bishop back in the 8th century. Boniface himself was just past his 8th decade – an octogenarian – when[…]
The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course. (Saint Boniface, +754)
Catherine Pakaluk, a professor at Catholic University of America, in a recent article over at First Things, seems to opine that no one should comment on the commencement speech of Harrison Butker, since it was addressed only to graduates of Benedictine College. As a ‘private’ event, it should be kept private, much as, in the[…]
For those in the Toronto area this upcoming weekend, on Sunday evening, there is a choral concert presented by students from Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College. Admission is by free-will donation. Come and immerse yourself in the beauty of the Church’s greatest composers of sacred music, a ‘treasure of inestimable value’, as the Second[…]
A brief mention of Saint Francis Cacciolo (1563 – 1608), who was born during the final sessions of the Council of Trent, and died the year that Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec city, laying the foundation for the future nation of Canada. Francis, however, spent his life far removed from the swirl of history, with[…]
Many years ago, I attended an academic talk that left a lasting impression – more so for my reaction to it than for its content. I don’t remember the specifics of the talk, but it advanced a rather sweeping critique and condemnation of modernity in all its aspects – give or take a few. The[…]
