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 Riddle of the Tongue Stones: How Blessed Nicolas Steno Uncovered the Hidden History of the Earth – Thomas Salerno (2024), Word on Fire Votive While many of us might appreciate the impact that Catholics have had on the history of science or the intrinsic common goal that faith and science have in seeking the[…]
For those in the area, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College Schola Cantorum is presenting Sunday Vespers on this Passion/Palm Sunday, April 13th, 6 p.m. at Saint Hedwig’s Church. This is sure to offer a beautiful and transcendent way to begin Holy Week.
Why would Donald Trump say the following after meeting with our current-and-hopefully-temporary Prime Minister, Mark Carney: It was an extremely productive call, we agree on many things, and will be meeting immediately after Canada’s upcoming Election to work on elements of Politics, Business, and all other factors, that will end up being great for both[…]
He prays for us as our priest, he prays in us as our head, he is the object of our prayers as our God. Let us then recognise both our voice in his, and his voice in ours. (Saint Augustine, +430)
Well, they’ve finally done it. Readers of a certain vintage may recall seeing Jurassic Park in full theatre mode, and being blown away by nature run amok. Or, more to the point, Man’s intervention in nature by bringing back long-extinct species – in the film, dinosaurs – by extracting their DNA (from mosquitoes trapped in[…]
In the fifth of a series of voters’ guides for conscience-informed Catholics, Matthew Marquardt notes that abortion and medical non-culpable homicide are leading causes of death for Canadians – yet politicians refuse to discuss them. Why are Catholics so obsessed about abortion? And euthanasia? There are many other evils we could concern ourselves with.[…]
(Pius XII warned in 1946 that the worst sin of the twentieth century was the loss of the sense of sin. In Sunday’s Gospel, Christ challenges and rebukes the hypocritical Pharisees so unaware of their own sins, and offered mercy to the woman caught in adultery. Yet He told her – as He told so[…]
Teachers who are not actively involved in the learning process themselves, force their students to drink from stagnant water. (Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, +1719)
‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus’ (Jn. 12:20). The veiled statues and images in our churches indicate that we have entered into Passiontide. Next Sunday, Palm Sunday, in the reading of the Lord’s Passion we will hear that at Our Lord’s death, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom[…]
I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord (Phil. 3:8). ⧾ Our Gospel reading today is taken from the Gospel of St. John. For John, life begins when one meets Jesus; and for this reason, one of the major interests of this evangelist is to lead the[…]
