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
Saint Mathilda (c. 892 – 968) of Ringleheim – which has a melodious mediaeval ring to it – was of royal vintage, when that meant something, back in the early Middle Ages. She was married to Henry I, King of Francia, also called Henry the Fowler, for he loved his hunting, and was apparently fixing[…]
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:10-12)
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. – Soren Kierkegaard Does prayer work? First we should define what prayer is, and is not. It is not the merely automatic utterance of pious words on somebody else’s cue. That is to say, it is not just a habit that sooner or later[…]
Every year, the Wednesday after Ash Wednesday, the Mass readings revolve around the prophet Jonah. Not only does the first reading come from the book itself, Jonah 3:1-10, to be exact, but the Gospel reading includes the powerful and prophetic allusion to Jonah made by Jesus Himself in Luke 11:29-32, when He says that, “Just[…]
The beginner must think of himself as of one setting out to make a garden in which the Lord is to take His delight, yet in soil most unfruitful and full of weeds. (Saint Teresa of Avila, +1582)
March 10th – or 11th, if you want to end on the Solemnity itself – is the day to begin the novena to Saint Joseph, – but you may begin anytime, and today is good as well – and in this year dedicated to the great saint, Patron of the Universal Church, Patron of Canada[…]
In all that concerns the king, I will be slavishly obedient; if any attack his temporal power, I will shed my last drop of blood for him. But in the things of spiritual jurisdiction which a king unjustly seizes I cannot and must not obey (Saint John Ogilvie, +1615)
When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time (Lk. 4:13). ⧾ On Ash Wednesday we began our observance of the holy season of Lent. By the solemn forty days of Lent the Church unites herself each year to the mystery of Jesus in the desert (The Catechism of[…]
The present reflections, now at an end, have sought to recognize, within the “gift of God”, what he, as Creator and Redeemer, entrusts to women, to every woman. In the Spirit of Christ, in fact, women can discover the entire meaning of their femininity and thus be disposed to making a “sincere gift of self”[…]
March 8th is International Women’s Day – which I am at least glad to read they have not (yet?) modified to ‘Womxn’s’ Day – is an international disaster. Born at the dawn of the twentieth century, the day has its roots in the atheistic philosophy of Communism, which has amongst its many evil intents not just[…]
