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
Canada has likely reached the point of no return, like a 12-0 hockey game in the final minutes of the third period, with the goalie pulled. I don’t play the game – soccer is what I grew up with, even if sports analogies always limp. At least in theory, in games, everyone’s pitching in, and[…]
Ecclesia semper reformanda est. So goes the old saying – the Church, always in need of reform – applies now, perhaps, more than ever. And one of her greatest reformers was not a Pope, nor a bishop, nor a man, but a simple woman of great holiness, intelligence, character and strength, a Dominican tertiary, who[…]
I’m not sure why I’m just learning about this Party, whose policies are the precise opposite of the United ‘Church’. The United Party stands for freedom, life and true human rights. It’s an option, at least for one’s conscience.
It’s election day here in Canada, even if we don’t have much of a choice. We have Mark Carney, about whom Scott Ventureyra wrote a masterful critique, warning his fellow Canadians about what the destruction he will bring in his train. Carney has publicly stated he will do nothing about the culture of death reigning[…]
of all devotions, devotion to her makes for the most effective consecration and conformity to him. The more one is consecrated to Mary, the more one is consecrated to Jesus. (Saint Louis de Montfort, +1716)
On this 28th of April we celebrate two Saints: Saint Peter Chanel (+1841) who evangelized the island of Futuna in the South Pacific – the first to bring the Gospel to a people who had never heard of Christianity. He was tireless and indefatigable in the midst of very difficult and discouraging conditions, and, like many[…]
For this Sunday’s musical offering, here first is John Taverner’s (c.1490 – 1545) ‘Dum Transisset Sabbatum‘, signifying Christ’s victory over death after His burial. Our Schola sang this glorious piece at Seat of Wisdom College sang for our graduation Mass yesterday: And here is William Byrd’s (1540 – 1623) very short motet Terra Tremuit, which was[…]
As we are now in the Feast of the Divine Mercy, I am listening once again those powerful poetic words, which came from Pope St John Paul II, at the Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Łagiewniki in 2002: How greatly today’s world needs the mercy of God! In every continent, from the depth of human suffering, a[…]
As Canadians approach the snap federal election on April 28, they must confront a reality more disquieting than any partisan rivalry: the installation of Mark Carneyas prime minister, not through democratic mandate, but through elite consensus. Unelected, unaccountable, and parachuted into power through backroom arrangements, Carney represents a paradigmatic shift, not just in Canadian politics,[…]
‘Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe’… ‘My Lord and my God!’ (Jn. 20:18). Today is Low Sunday, known also as Divine Mercy Sunday; and we celebrate the end of the Easter Octave. For eight days we have contemplated the post-Resurrection appearances of Our Lord. These affirm[…]
