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
On Saturday 22 March 2025, Sister Death took my dear Mum Maria to her meeting with the Father in Heaven. Although for me it was a great shock seeing my dear Mum going like this, the deep peace I feel in my heart is indescribable. Pondering upon her simple, loving and dedicated life, I can[…]
Once humility is acquired, charity will come to life; a burning flame devouring the corruption of vice and filling the heart so full that there is no place for vanity. (Saint Vincent Ferrer, +1419)
Saint Vincent Ferrer (+1419), whose commemoration is on this April 5th, was a fiery, intense, highly intelligent Dominican missionary, who travelled the length and breadth of Europe preaching to and converting untold thousands, counselling kings and potentates, and embroiled in the controversies of the day. When he was born, his mother experienced no pain, and[…]
Today, Friday 4 April 2025, at Valletta, the capital city of Malta, there is the procession with the Ta’ Ġieżu Crucifix. This famous and miraculous Crucifix, which is at the Franciscan Church of St Mary of Jesus (Ta’ Ġieżu) in Valletta, has a long history. Essentially, this Crucifix is a mid-17th century sculpture which fills[…]
Let us pray for this gift of the Holy Spirit which is called the “gift of fortitude”. When man lacks the strength to “transcend” himself, in view of higher values, such as truth, justice, vocation, faithfulness in marriage, this “gift from above” must make each of us a strong man and, at the right moment,[…]
(In light of Saint Isidore of Seville, patron of the internet, here is a re-post of a review from 2016, on Nicholas Carr’s book, ‘The Shallows’. If such easy, and rather superficial, access to all knowledge has had a bad effect on our memory and intelligence, one can only imagine what Twitter, Instagram and the[…]
A friend of mine, Anton Casta, is working on a biography on his own father whose name he shares. Anton Sr. lived a dramatic life in the midst of Communist Slovakia, from surviving prison, torture, daring escapes, all the while keeping his Faith, which saw him through. Check out a glimpse of Anton’s gripping story[…]
A teen who received the Covid shot died three weeks later, his death tied to the side effects of the purported vaccine. His parents took the case to court, and the reader may not be surprised to discover that the parents lost. As the article states: The Department of Health had no “duty of care”[…]
(Bioethicist Dr. Elizabeth Rex has responded to my initial response, and the reader may find such on LifeSite. You can read the debate here. Alas, Dr. Rex’s arguments do not work, and here is my reply and clarification, which may be posted on LifeSite soon. This will likely close my contribution, for I’m not sure[…]
(Pope Saint John Paul II had a great devotion to Saint Andrew Bobola, and venerated his relics – fitting on this twentieth anniversary of the death of the great pontiff that we meditate with Australian contributor, Paul Suski, on one of Poland’s patrons. Editor). “On one occasion, I saw the throne of the Lamb of[…]
