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 Anthony (+356) is commonly called ‘the Abbot’, or Anthony ‘of Egypt’, where he retreated to the wilderness as a young man to live completely devoted to God and His Christ. His eponym as the ‘Abbot’ was given to him as the founder of that perfect and narrow living out of the imitation of Christ[…]
I would rather have learning joined with virtue than all the treasures of kings. (St. Thomas More, +1535)
(New contributor Mary Innerst offers here a reflection of the beauty of her time studying at the ITI – the International Theological Institute – in Trumau, Austria, where I spent a delightful few days last summer. Our own liberal arts college, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, here in the scenic Madawaska Valley, shares a transfer[…]
Saint Paul of Thebes (+ 341) – whom we celebrate either on January 10th or, today, on the 15th – is traditionally considered the first hermit in the Catholic Church, if we don’t include John the Baptist, who is a liminal figure between the two Testaments. But there is a similarity, for as a young[…]
On this 13th day of January, in bleak midwinter, we celebrate two saints. The first, in the public calendar, is the great Saint Hilary (+367), Bishop of Poitiers, proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius IX in 1851 for his clear and incisive writings against the pernicious heresy of Arianism, which denied the[…]
The perfection of learning is to know God in such a way that, though you realize he is knowable, yet you know him as indescribable. (Saint Hilary of Poitiers, +367)
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter’s Square Wednesday, 10 October 2007 Saint Hilary of Poitiers Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, I would like to talk about a great Father of the Church of the West, St Hilary of Poitiers, one of the important Episcopal figures of the fourth century. In the controversy with the Arians,[…]
(As we enter back into ‘ordinary time’, we follow the public life of our Saviour, His three years of ministry before His Passion, Death and Resurrection, for which prepare during Lent, and celebrate at Easter. Alleluia. So here is a meditation from new contributor Father Richard Gribble, C.S.C., on Christ freeing us from many bondages[…]
On this January 12th here in Canada we celebrate Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700), founder of the Congregation of Notre-Dame, alongside the first official ‘school’ in what were the the untamed wilds of Canada. A missionary from France in the mid-seventeenth century, she faced innumerable difficulties in her first years in the nascent Quebec City –[…]
Today let us do honour to Christ’s baptism and celebrate this feast in holiness. Be cleansed entirely and continue to be cleansed. Nothing gives such pleasure to God as the conversion and salvation of men, for whom his every word and every revelation exist. He wants you to become a living force for all mankind,[…]
