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
Paula Ducepec in her article ” Speaking out: Wearing a mask shows you care” (August 26/2020 – Catholic Register) describes with youthful idealism her views on this worldwide trend, as a sign of Catholic charity, and suggests that those that oppose it are conspiracy theorists. I respectfully disagree on both counts – from a scientific,[…]
(The original of the following can be found in the writings of the well known French author Louis Veuillot, translated from the Italian and submitted to Catholic Insight by Father Thomas Carleton) In the 1800’s there lived in the Pyrenees a physician called Fabas. The doctor himself recounted to Veuillot and many others, that he[…]
Who do people say that the Son of Man is? (Mt. 16:16) ⧾ You are the Christ, the Son of the living God (Mt. 16:16). St. Peter’s definitive response to Our Lord’s question is the foundation of the Christian faith; and it is no less the foundation of the Church’s life and mission. Christians are[…]
As everyone knows, the word “catholic” means all inclusive. It can be used with no religious connotation, as in “a catholic taste in reading,” referring to someone who will read anything from Shakespeare to the labels on a can of soup. As “Catholics,” therefore, we want to have everything, including whatever is worthwhile in other[…]
The Catechism of the Catholic Church declares that the devil is not only real, but most certainly is not just some blind impersonal force in human affairs. The devil is a thinking creature who delights in the temptation and torture of human beings. In John 8:44, Jesus speaks of the devil as “A murderer from[…]
Catholics have praised God in song for the entirety of the faith’s history. Various expressions of devotion have given rise to countless compositions, and yet, there remains a shortage of Catholic hymns in English. While parishes today do sing hymns in English, many of these are Protestant in origin, often both in the music and[…]
For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples (Is. 56: 7). ⧾ In any given region or country, a common language is a source of unity. You may be familiar with the term lingua franca or bridge language, a language used to make communication possible between people who do not[…]
A Canaanite woman . . . cried out, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.” . . .He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” . . . It is not fair to take the children’s bread and throw it[…]
Dear Brothers and Sisters! At the end of its Constitution on the Church, the Second Vatican Council left us a very beautiful meditation on Mary Most Holy. Let me just recall the words referring to the mystery we celebrate today: “the immaculate Virgin preserved free from all stain of original sin, was taken up body[…]
For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light. … Mark 4:22 Despite the advent of the world wide web into the homes of Catholics around the globe in the 1990s, Holy Mother Church has not changed. But the perceptions of Her have. And[…]
