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 Christmas Novena – nine days before the birth of our Saviour – starts on December 16 and finishes December 24. There are many kinds of Christmas Novena. Whatever the kind of Novena one is following one cannot fail from experiencing the spiritual meaning of Christmas. On this point I am personally helped with the[…]
Wisdom of the Most High, ordering all things with strength and gentleness, come and teach us the way of truth. (O Antiphon for December 17th)
(As we enter into these last days of Advent, and the ‘O Antiphons’, the Incarnation of the Son of God as the Messiah becomes the focus of our preparation. As a help in that, here is a reflection by contributor Carl Sundell on what may likely be the most significant relic of Christ, the Shroud of[…]
We may rejoice at the re-opening of the Basilica of Notre-Dame, after its partial destruction in the fire on April 15th, 2019. But with some reservation, as befits Catholics in a world where the good will never be fully achieved this side of heaven. The day after the re-dedication, December 9th – this year the[…]
On Thursday 12 December 2024 we celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, an extraordinary Marian feast reminds me how much Mary, the Mother of God and Our Mother, really takes seriously her role as Our Mother. The message she gave to Blessed Juan Diego in 1531 is the following one: My son, I love[…]
John is the voice, but the Lord is the Word who was in the beginning. John is the voice that lasts for a time; from the beginning Christ is the Word who lives for ever. (Saint Augustine, +430)
The Lord your God, is in your midst…He will renew you in His love (Zeph. 3:17). ⧾ The third Sunday of Advent is known as Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete is Latin for Rejoice, the first word of our Entrance Antiphon: Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Indeed the Lord is near. Today we[…]
(Karol Wotyla did his theological doctorate on the mystical poetry of Saint John of the Cross, so he writes here not only as Pope, but as one who has delved deeply in into the thought of this great Carmelite saint). Pope John Paul II Apostolic Letter Of His Holiness John Paul II To The Very[…]
(Today is Miss Swift’s 35th birthday, the feast of Saint Lucy, patron saint of light. As we mention in this reprieve, may the virgin-martyr bring the wayward pop star on the path to the fullness of truth, life and…yes, joy). Editor Is Taylor Swift joyful? Some seem to think so. In a recent article comparing[…]
So says the provocative advertisement – but without my added question mark – on billboards in San Francisco – where else? Other head lines say that AI employees ‘never come to work hungover’, and ‘their computer cameras are always working’ for those beloved Zoom meetings. Above the picture of an AI ‘human’ image – too[…]
