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
(Here is the Christmas address of Pope Saint John Paul II, from way back in 2002, and the needs for which he prayed eighteen years ago are much the same now as then; in fact, they are much the same as, say, 419 or 719, 1319 or 2024 anno Domini – the Middle East, Holy[…]
A festive, rousing motet for this Christmas Day – or twelve days – by William Byrd, composed in 1591, here performed by the incomparable Voces8. Haec dies quam fecit Dominus: exultemus et laetemur in ea, alleluia. This is the day which the Lord hath made: let us be glad and rejoice therein. Alleluia. Indeed. Christus[…]
(A classic by the master essayist, on why we give Christmas presents, for those of us who still sometimes wonder what is the point of it all. As Chesterton says, Christ is the first Christmas present, and, we may conclude, the gift of ourselves to another is the greatest gift of all. Ed.) Those modern[…]
(December 24th, Christmas Eve, is the traditional commemoration of the ‘ancestors of Christ’, in particular Adam and Eve, whom we recall on this day, as we make last-minute preparations for the birth of the new Adam, the sinless One, Who takes away all our sins. Here is a reprise of Mike Schramm’s recent article on[…]
There is no shortage of nonsensical ideas circulating throughout both the web on social media and in the mainstream media, much of which does not have any logical basis, or credible historical or scientific evidence. The Contextual Backdrop In the case of social media, there has been the resurgence of what is known as “flat[…]
There will be some empty chairs around the Christmas table this year, after a Saudi psychiatrist, Tabel Al-Abdulmohesn, plowed his BMW into a Christmas market in Germany, killing a nine-year old boy and four women, and seriously injuring scores of others. Then there was the murder of health insurance CEO Brian Thomson, shot in the[…]
(Father Marco Testa was planning to submit this reflection back on December 8th, but due to technical difficulties, the article could only be sent along now. Since we turn our attention in these last days of Advent, and over Christmas, to the Blessed Virgin, we thought, well, a meditation on the Our Lady being preserved[…]
Saint Ġorġ Preca, diocesan priest and first canonized saint from Malta and founder of the Society of the Christian Doctrine (MUSEUM), contributed greatly in infusing within the Maltese society and wherever the Maltese emigrated the authentic spirit of Christmas. Suffice to look at the earliest days of December 1921, when Fr Ġorġ, completely open to[…]
O Immanuel, you are our king and judge, the One whom the peoples await and their Saviour. O come and save us, Lord our God. (O Antiphon for December 23rd)
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Hall Wednesday, 22 December 2010 Dear Brothers and Sisters, With this last Audience before the Christmas celebrations, we approach with trepidation and wonder the “place” where for us and for our salvation everything began, everything found fulfilment, where the expectations of the world and of the human heart[…]
