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
Editor’s note: this reflection was originally posted by the Catholic Artist Connection. The mission of the Catholic Artist Connection is to connect and support Catholic artists of all disciplines both professionally and spiritually, to ease the loneliness of being a Catholic artist and encourage the creation of art for Christ. People look at the same[…]
Service in politics used to be an actual thing. That is, those in ‘public office’ saw themselves truly as public servants, working diligently on behalf of the people they represent. Remunerated at the expense of others by enforced taxation, they realized they should offer this service in a spirit of charity, good-will and sacrifice. A[…]
He is at once priest and sacrifice, God and temple. He is the priest through whom we have been reconciled, the sacrifice by which we have been reconciled, the temple in which we have been reconciled, the God with whom we have been reconciled. (Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe, +527 or 533)
Well, it happened, as I suppose was inevitable, at least in a secular sense (from God’ perspective, there’s always hope). Bill C-9, the ironically named ‘Combatting Hate Act’ passed the House of Commons with a 186-137 vote. Look on the good side – there’s still over a hundred sane people in parliament who believe in[…]
Years ago I decided to take a course on Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, I know, very mainstream. As I sat in a small class room with people who were a minimum twenty years older than me a whole new world opened up to me. Yes my classmates were older and wiser than me, yet,[…]
It’s a common trope that reading has diminished of late, especially since the advent of ubiquitous screen technology, but the demise likely predated the i-pad and e-reader. Television is a culprit, but so are comic books and glossy magazines. Then there’s the effect of the mass-education system and all of its ideological propaganda. At least[…]
In the quiet village of Nazareth, far removed from centers of power and influence, a young woman named Mary was living what seemed to be an ordinary day. There were no signs that history was about to change. No crowds, no great gathering, no outward indication that something divine was about to unfold. And yet,[…]
A very blessed Solemnity of the Annunciation to one and all! This March 25th marking the greatest event in history – the Incarnation of the Son of God – goes back to the very origins of the Church, and changed everything. What was lost, is now found, what was dead, is now very much alive.[…]
A blessed Solemnity of the Annunciation to one and all! Verbum caro factum est! Here is a meditation of the late, great John Paul II, staunchly devoted to Our Lady, from the Jubilee Year, just over a quarter of century ago, to provide food for thought, as we celebrate, and pray. Editor. JUBILEE PILGRIMAGE OF[…]
He who is true God was therefore born in the complete and perfect nature of a true man, whole in his own nature, whole in ours. By our nature we mean what the Creator had fashioned in us from the beginning, and took to himself in order to restore it. (Pope Saint Leo the Great,[…]
