Let us therefore give ourselves to God with a great desire to begin to live thus, and beg Him to destroy in us the life of the world of sin, and to establish His life within us. (Saint John Eudes, +1680)
Month: August 2025
Pope Benedict, Saint John Eudes and the Formation of Priests
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Wednesday, 19 August 2009 (Video) Saint John Eudes and the formation of the diocesan clergy Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today is the liturgical Memorial of St John Eudes, a tireless apostle of the devotion to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary who lived in France in the 17th century that[…]
Saint John Eudes: Giving Our All
A contemporary of his fellow Frenchman, Descartes, Saint John Eudes (+1680) was of quite a different mind and spirit. Rather that meditate on whether he existed or not – cogito, ergo sum – Saint John simply accepted the very fact of creation as a gift from the Creator. And far from reducing what we might[…]
An Original Musical By Christine Helferty, August 22-24th
For those in the Peterborough area, or even further afield, mark your calendars for a new and original musical, Past the Limit, a Story of Life, Loss and Hope. Performances are at the Peterborough Theatre Guild, August 22nd, 23rd and 24th.
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. (Saint Thomas Aquinas, +1274)
Twentieth Sunday: Casting Fire Upon the Earth!
I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed (Lk. 12: 49-50). ⧾ By means of a familiar substance and image, fire, Our Lord speaks to us about His[…]
Saint Stephen, Hungary’s First and Greatest King
Hungary is one of the few nations standing against the tsunami of insanity washing over the rest of Europe, threatening to deluge civilization as we know it. As may be expected in this inverted world. This may seem ironic, for Hungary for the first millennium of the Christian era was an almost entirely pagan nation –[…]
Genocide in Palestine? – Another Dark Chapter in Mankind’s History
(Opinions expressed on this page are those of the author, and are not necessarily shared by Catholic Insight). As the Germans did it to the Jews and Poles of Europe, as the Ukrainians to the Poles of Eastern Poland, so now we see another dark chapter being written in mankind’s history – the Israeli genocide[…]
Antony Flew and the Deist Dilemma
Antony Flew (1923 – 2010) was a British philosopher and atheist who is much remembered for his discovery of a principle called the “No True Scotsman Fallacy.” He used to bandy the fallacy about as if it should be the flag and anthem of all true atheists. Simply stated, the No True Scotsman fallacy consists[…]
Our Lady’s Assumption
A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun,and the moon beneath her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars (Entrance Antiphon). Today’s glorious Feast of Our Lady’s Assumption celebrates the dogma of the faith solemnly defined by the Venerable Pope Pius XII during the Holy Year of 1950.[…]