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
Sermon by Rev. Msgr. Vincent Nicholas Foy (August 14, 1915 – March 13, 2017), preached at St. Francis of Assisi church in Toronto on Holy Thursday, April 6, 1950 Part 1: Monuments to Men Men, my dear brethren, when they wish some event or some person to be remembered, erect a monument to that event[…]
The power of the priest, is the power of the divine person; for the transubstantiation of the bread requires as much power as the creation of the world (Saint Bernardine of Siena, +1444)
During the long and momentous papacy of Pope St John Paul II, it was customary for the Holy Father to write a yearly letter to us priests today, as we are celebrating Maundy Thursday when Jesus instituted the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist and Holy Orders; these letters still speak to us, particularly today as[…]
LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II TO ALL THE PRIESTS ON THE OCCASION OF HOLY THURSDAY 1979 Dear Brother Priests, For you I am a Bishop, with you I am a Priest AT THE BEGINNING of my new ministry in the Church, I feel the deep need to speak to you, to all[…]
(Here is Pope Benedict’s homily for April 5th, 2012, for the Mass of the Last Supper…one year before he made his own ‘exodus’ from the papacy, and, now, into eternity. We continue to pray for his soul, for the priesthood, for the Church, not least in this Solemn Triduum.) MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER HOMILY[…]
What will be the crown of those who, humble within and humiliated without, have imitated the humility of our Savior in all its fullness! (Saint Bernadette Soubirous, +1879)
We are in the middle of Holy Week, the central week of our Christian faith, the Week of weeks. Pope Benedict, in his catechesis on the Holy Triduum of Easter, on Wednesday, 8 April 2009, gave us a convincing reason why this is so: Holy Week which for Christians is the most important week of the[…]
Lent is a fitting time for Christians to re-evaluate some of the essentials that are often taken for granted in the faith. Catholics are called to re-engage with our spiritual lives by focusing our prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Parishes offer extended times for confession alongside a dedicated service. Catechumens and other OCIA candidates begin their[…]
no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. (Rev 13:17) As a real-life follow up to our reflection on the rising algocracy – rule by algorithm – which goes along with a dictatorial bureaucracy, here is a recent troubling tale,[…]
According to St. Thomas Aquinas, “The most hopeful people in the world are the young and the drunk. The first because they have little experience of failures, and the second because they have succeeded in drowning theirs.” Hope is the least talked about and most constant of all virtues. There is not a day passes[…]
