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
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)
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[…]
