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
(Countries are falling like dominoes in the face of the culture of death. First, it was abortion – now it’s euthanasia, death-by-doctor. First legalized in the Netherlands, now it’s rampant, and it’s come for the small Catholic nation of Malta. They withstood the Muslims – may they withstand this specious form of murder. Ad vitam!)[…]
You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. (Saint Norbert of Xanten, +1134)
In a previous essay I dealt with the stages in St. Peter’s fall from grace. In this essay, I would like to examine his return to grace – for any treatment of the life of St. Peter would be incomplete without it. Again, Fulton Sheen will be our guide. He lists four steps in returning[…]
Eighth Day Bend the stubborn heart and will; Melt the frozen warm the chill; Guide the steps that go astray. The Gift of Wisdom Embodying all the other gifts, as charity embraces all the other virtues, Wisdom is the most perfect of all the gifts. Of wisdom it is written, “all good things came to[…]
Saint Norbert (+1134) of Xanten was a zealous bishop and founder, who was at the forefront of the ecclesial reform named after Pope Gregory VII, a pope often referred to by his previous name, Hildebrand, which dragged the Church out of the worst scandals of the ‘dark ages’. Norbert was born in 1075, ten years[…]
