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
(Pius XII warned in 1946 that the worst sin of the twentieth century was the loss of the sense of sin. In Sunday’s Gospel, Christ challenges and rebukes the hypocritical Pharisees so unaware of their own sins, and offered mercy to the woman caught in adultery. Yet He told her – as He told so[…]
Teachers who are not actively involved in the learning process themselves, force their students to drink from stagnant water. (Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, +1719)
‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus’ (Jn. 12:20). The veiled statues and images in our churches indicate that we have entered into Passiontide. Next Sunday, Palm Sunday, in the reading of the Lord’s Passion we will hear that at Our Lord’s death, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom[…]
I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord (Phil. 3:8). ⧾ Our Gospel reading today is taken from the Gospel of St. John. For John, life begins when one meets Jesus; and for this reason, one of the major interests of this evangelist is to lead the[…]
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[…]
