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
This day, January 23rd, is the wedding anniversary of the Holy Family, the traditional feast of the espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Yes, you read that right – espousals in the plural, both to the same good man, Saint Joseph. It the Jewish tradition, a bride was betrothed twice – first, in a formal[…]
I’ve never liked the term ‘gay’ applied to deviant sexuality. It’s a good word – or, perhaps was – meaning happy, joyful. Don we now our gay apparel, and all that, which no longer has the same ring as when the Christmas ballad was first penned by the Scotsman Thomas Oliphant in 1862, to a[…]
We’re a bit late getting to this – and apologies for that, but better that than never. The best laid plans o’ mice and men and a’ that. This is the week of prayer for Christian unity, encouraged by Popes from Leo XIII to our current Leo, in these days leading up to the Feast[…]
Even though the infamous Roe v. Wade decision has now been cast into the dustbin of history with the Dobbs decision of June 24, 2022 – Deo gratias – we still must continue the battle for life. States are enacting and enforcing radical abortion laws, permitting the killing of the unborn right up to birth,[…]
Saint Vincent the Deacon (+304), who suffered grievous tortures witnessing to his Catholic faith under the Diocletian persecution (as did yesterday’s Saint Agnes) is a providential saint for this sombre anniversary of the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision of the United States of America which legalized abortion across the nation. But we may also rejoice,[…]
Christ has assigned to every man the dignity of every woman (Pope Saint John Paul II, +2005)
As students return to school after Christmas holidays, and in light of yesterday’s memorial of founding Catholic educator Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, I offer these reflections on the (Catholic) public school system here in Ontario. Readers may also peruse Miles Smit’s own thoughts in these pages a while back, to which this is something of a[…]
‘Tis incumbent upon us in these days, so inimical to anything chaste and pure, to remind ourselves of the genius of the feminine and the glory of woman, signified in saints like Agnes, a young Virgin Martyr, who perished by the sword under the reign of Diocletian in 304. Her name, which sounds like the[…]
I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God,[…]
(There is no end to the books on Darwin and evolution. Even if the initial controversy has settled down amongst mainstream scientists, questions abound, as the notion of complexity continues to confound the relatively simplistic, original version of Darwin’s hypothesis. Human evolution is particularly fraught, especially amongst those who believe that Man is a spiritual[…]
