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
Pope Blessed Pius IX declared Saint Joseph patron of the universal Church in 1870. This was sixteen years after the same Pontiff defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, on the same day, in 1854, with the Apostolic Constitution Ineffabilis Deus. That was also the year the Pope began his long sojourn as the ‘prisoner[…]
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI TO CAMEROON AND ANGOLA (MARCH 17-23, 2009) EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION ON THE OCCASION OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE INSTRUMENTUM LABORIS HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI Amadou Ahidjo Stadium of Yaoundé Thursady, 19 March 2009 Dear Brother Bishops, Dear Brothers and Sisters, Praised be Jesus Christ who has gathered[…]
A blessed and joyous solemnity of Saint Joseph to all our readers! The strong and silent saint from the Gospel is a fitting one for our troubled times: Husband of the Virgin Mary, and foster father (protector) of the Christ, was proclaimed the patron of this country of Canada at its very origins, by none[…]
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 27 June 2007 Saint Cyril of Jerusalem Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our attention today is focused on St Cyril of Jerusalem. His life is woven of two dimensions: on the one hand, pastoral care, and on the other, his involvement, in spite of himself, in the[…]
The saints during Lent – with few exceptions, such as Saint Joseph – are celebrated as muted ‘commemorations’, but that does not decrease their significance as saints, and we should still remember them for what their always remarkable and unique lives have to teach us. So it is with Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (315 –[…]
Introduction In a time of quick changes in culture, and of secularism, and doctrinal arguments within the Church, the theology of St. John Henry Newman (1801–1890) stands out as very prescient. Newman was born in London and grew up in the Church of England. He went through a number of major changes in his life,[…]
A very happy Saint Patrick’s Day, to all our readers, and we extend that to all who are of Irish lineage, or those who would like to be, or those who just enjoy participating in the rich culture of the Emerald Isle in a more spiritual and vicarious way, which pretty much includes everyone. After[…]
If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me. (Saint Patrick, of the Irish – and what was true back then, is still true today)
Laetare Sunday marks the halfway point of Lent. It is so named after the Introit, from Isaiah 66:10–11 and Psalms 121:1. Lætare Jerusalem et conventum facite omnes qui diligitis eam; gaudete cum lætitia, qui in tristitia fuistis, ut exsultetis et satiemini ab uberibus consolationis vestrae. Psalm: Lætatus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi: in domum[…]
I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life (John 8:12)
