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
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Hall Wednesday, 15 September 2010 [Video] Saint Clare of Assisi Dear Brothers and Sisters, One of the best loved Saints is without a doubt St Clare of Assisi who lived in the 13th century and was a contemporary of St Francis. Her testimony shows us how indebted the Church[…]
PASTORAL VISIT TO THE BASILICA OF SAINT LAWRENCE OUTSIDE THE WALLS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 1750th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARTYRDOM OF THE HOLY DEACON HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI First Sunday of Advent, 30 November 2008 Dear brothers and sisters, the thought of Christ’s presence and his return at the end of time[…]
‘Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom’ (Lk. 12:32). ⧾ These are perhaps among the most consoling words recorded in Sacred Scripture. And in every age, including ours, they are addressed to a little flock. What is this little flock, if not those who have both[…]
Today’s Saint Lawrence (+258) lives on in the legend of his own divine comedy, a Spaniard from Valencia, chosen in the very bloom of his early maturity by the intelligent and saintly Pope Sixtus II to be Archdeacon of Rome, in charge of distributing the wealth of the Church. It is said that Lawrence’s parents[…]
On this August 9th, we commemorate Saint Edith Stein, whose name in religion was Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Just over a quarter of a century ago, on the eve of the new millennium, Pope Saint John Paul II, on October 1st, 1999, the feast of Saint Therese of Lisieux, proclaimed Saints Bridget of Sweden,[…]
Someone will protest: “Why are you writing a piece on the atheist Christopher Hitchens? He’s dead, and isn’t he yesterday’s news?” But this is not altogether true. Hitchens is, I think, still very much alive in the hearts and minds of many atheists, and the proof of this is in how often you might hear,[…]
Saint Dominic (+1221) was one of those souls destined from birth to do great things – as, we may suppose, all saints are in some way. But all the contemporary accounts attest to his burning desire for God from the earliest age: His mother, Jane of Aza (eventually canonized by Pope Leo XII in 1828)[…]
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 3 February 2010 Saint Dominic Guzmán Dear Brothers and Sisters, Last week I presented the luminous figure of Francis of Assisi; today I want to talk about another Saint of the same period who made a fundamental contribution to the renewal of the Church of[…]
A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil. (Saint Dominic, +1221)
Eighty year ago, Paul Tibbets flew his B-52 bomber, the ‘Enola Gay’ – named after his own mother – and dropped the nuclear bomb over Hiroshima. Under his guidance, the ‘superfortress’ took off in the middle of the night from the American air force base in Tinian, taking six hours to reach Japan. At 8:15 […]
