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 a reminder of the ‘two years of Saint Thomas’, as decreed by the Vatican last year. The 800th anniversary of the great Doctor’s birth is soon upon us – the 28th of January, which also happens to be his current feast day. So say a prayer to the good Thomas, pick up that[…]
Tertullian rightly said that the blood of the early martyrs became the seed of Christianity. Hardly anything can be so impressive to those outside the faith than to see how many Christians treasure their faith and how much they are willing to suffer for it. The Roman emperor Diocletian sowed many seeds of Christianity by[…]
Franciscan Capuchins celebrate the feast of our Capuchin brother St Bernard of Corleone on the twelfth of January, and we may delve a little into who was this Franciscan saint. His full name in the world before joining our Order was Philip Latini. He was born in Sicily, Italy, on 6 February 1605. Philip came[…]
Today let us do honour to Christ’s baptism and celebrate this feast in holiness. Be cleansed entirely and continue to be cleansed. Nothing gives such pleasure to God as the conversion and salvation of men, for whom his every word and every revelation exist. (Saint Gregory Nazianzen, +390)
A biblical text can become so familiar that we simply bypass statements that would ordinarily puzzle us. I’m thinking of an aspect of the Gospel you have just now heard, viz., John’s baptizing at the River Jordan. Although I have read this passage countless times, today something about it suddenly struck me as strange, as[…]
When the wine fails, new wine is served: the wine of the old covenant was good, but the wine of the new is better. The old covenant…is exhausted by its letter; the new covenant, which belongs to us, has the savour of life and is filled with grace. (Saint Faustus of Rietz, + ca.490)
William Shakespeare was born at Stratford-on-Avon on April 23rd, 1564. His formal education, it is speculated, was limited. Some believe that not being university educated was likely to his advantage so far as his future career was concerned. Little is known of his life, perhaps because he was not so fully recognized for his genius[…]
As we pray for those affected by the Los Angeles fires – still burning and uncontained as I write – the significance of this tragedy should not be lost. The whole area is devastated, a charred, barren landscape Biblical in proportion, with thousands of multi-million-dollar mansions – some of the most expensive real estate on[…]
Here a glimpse into the past, of Canada, and the Church in Canada, with a sermon by Rev. Msgr. Vincent Nicholas Foy, preached at the evening Mass on Sunday, December 6, 1959 at St. Michael’s Cathedral, Toronto, before the changes made in the wake of the Second Vatican Council. As readers may know, Monsignor Foy was[…]
At Christmas we saw a weak baby, giving proof of our weakness. In today’s feast, we see a perfect man, hinting at the perfect Son who proceeds from the all-perfect Father. At Christmas the King puts on the royal robe of his body; at Epiphany the very source enfolds and, as it were, clothes the[…]
