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
A joyful Rabbie Burns’ Day from this Scotsman to all our Scots and those who deep down, in some wee way, wish they were Scottish, which, taken together, includes just about all o’ ye. Scotland’s national poet and lyricist was born on this day in 1759, and hence is celebrated as his secular ‘feast’. Of[…]
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)
Metanoia is the original Greek term for ‘conversion’, which opens the Gospel of Saint Mark with Christ’s exhortation: ‘Repent and believe in the Gospel!‘. Literally, a ‘turning around’ of one’s mind and heart from one point of view to another. One may be converted from country music to classical, or, more importantly, and in the[…]
Iraq (*) just passed a ‘law’ permitting nine-year old girls to marry, following other jurisdictions, and the advice of imams and Islamic interpreters too numerous to count. Read the whole article, for it is enlightening, at least in one sense, even if in another, rather sickening. We should clarify that the law permits such girls ‘to[…]
Have patience with all things – but first with yourself. Never confuse your mistakes with your value as a human being. You are perfectly valuable, creative, worthwhile person simply because you exist. And no amount of triumphs or tribulations can ever change that. (Saint Francis de Sales, +1622)
Trump’s address to the World Economic Forum in Davos is, quite literally, world changing, even ‘apocalyptic’, in the strict sense of that word – revealing what was hidden, and bringing things to the light that dwelt in darkness. The whole agenda of the Davos crowd, suited men squirming in their seats striving to maintain composure[…]
In this week of prayer for Christian unity, I have an article on the Toronto archdiocesan webpage – or more like a few brief answers to questions – on the life of Saint Francis de Sales. He was an ecumenist par excellence, before that term was ever used, who, in his tenure as bishop of[…]
Let us make the very best use of the precious moments and do all in our power for His dear sake and for His greater honor and glory (Saint Marianne Cope, +1918)
Saint Marianne Cope (+1918), whose memorial is on this January 23rd, was an American-born Sister of the Third Order of Saint Francis, who spent much of her apostolate working amongst the lepers in Hawaii. She was contemporaneous with Father Damien de Veuster (1840 – 1848), the ‘leper priest’, whom she tended on his deathbed. Born[…]
(As Europe confronts the problems of mass immigration, especially from Muslim nations, with yet another deadly stabbing by a ‘mentally disturbed’ Afghan asylum seeker, we could learn something from history. Here, Carl Sundell recounts the story of Charles Martel, the grandfather of Charlemagne, about whom we will post in a sequel.). The illegitimate son of[…]
