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
The formerly ‘Great Britain’ has descended into a totalitarian police state, one on the brink of some sort of civil war. Here be the arrest of a private citizen for comments made on FaceBook. ‘Someone complained’, as these pliant coppers say, so off to the clink he goes. Now, it seems, one can go to[…]
By looking at Mary’s Assumption into Heaven we understand better that even though our daily life may be marked by trials and difficulties, it flows like a river to the divine ocean, to the fullness of joy and peace. We understand that our death is not the end but rather the entrance into life that[…]
Christians agree that God invites us all to end our lives in a state of being called ‘heaven’; that is, in a personal relationship with God that is full of joy and oneness for all eternity. The idea of a perfect state of being is very difficult to grasp since we are not perfect, and[…]
A couple of weeks ago in Indianapolis, IN, 60,000 Catholics gathered together for a five-day National Eucharistic Congress. I was blessed to be one of them. If I were to describe my experience in three words it would be this: foretaste of Heaven. Being amongst such a vast number of people with the common goal[…]
I never saw the film, which came out in 1981, but someone sent me clip, which is oddly, even ominously, prescient – so much so, that I have this suspicion that it might be a deep fake. Was someone trying to tell us something, someway, somehow? Or was it just an strange coincidence? Both actors[…]
Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow. Do not let false delights of a deceptive world deceive you. (Saint Clare of Assisi, +1253)
August 11th is the traditional feast of Saint Clare of Assisi, and what comes into my mind and heart is her Testament between the years 1247 and 1253. Clare’s Testament is important because it clearly reveals her heart as well as her love for the life given to her by God’s grace through Saint Francis. Clare starts her Testament by[…]
And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence (1 Kings 19: 12). The Prophet Elijah’s mysterious encounter with the Lord in the sheer silence was not unlike the experience of Peter and the disciples once Jesus and Peter got into the boat.[…]
On August 9th, the universal Church celebrates the feast of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Pope Saint John Paul II gives us an interesting picture about her. In fact, this Polish Pontiff helps us tackle and reply to this important question: Why is Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross so important within the recent[…]
Do not accept anything as love which lacks truth. (Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Edith Stein, +1942)
