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
(A fitting reflection from contributor Mike Schramm, on how the Old Testament covenants point to the Catholic Church – and, we may add, to the hierarchical priesthood, and to the Pope, as the Vicar of Christ). One of my favorite concepts when introducing biblical theology to my theology students is the theme of covenant. This[…]
This Fourth Sunday of Easter is also Mother’s Day in certain countries, Canada, United States, India, Australia as well as many parts of Europe, including our tiny Island of Malta. Its purpose is to celebrate those mothers who sacrificed their life for their children. From our Catholic standpoint, Mother’s Day is not only a day[…]
I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep (Jn. 10:11). Today is Good Shepherd Sunday and as we continue to celebrate the Feast of Easter, we contemplate the figure of Jesus, the Good Shepherd who has risen and who laid down his life for his sheep and willingly[…]
“I pray that you will be one as I and the Father are one.” John 17:21 A Protestant friend of mine once asked why Catholics need a pope since a pope is not even mentioned in the Gospels. But there are few Catholic doctrines more provable from Scripture than the doctrine of papal succession from[…]
The final words of Jesus on the Cross at the last moments of his earthly life offer us demanding instructions for our prayers. Jesus, who asks the Father to forgive those who are crucifying him, invites us to take the difficult step of also praying for those who wrong us and have injured us. Jesus,[…]
With the demise last month of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis I, there began immediate speculation about who next would serve as the Vicar of Christ. The process of choosing the new pope – the conclave – is set to begin on the 7th of May when the traditional observation of the 9-day period of[…]
Most of us have likely had humorous conversations regarding the need to study for an exam versus abandoning the outcome of said exam to Divine Providence. A similar sort of exchange may be found in a rather unusual source: The memoirs of Mother Pascalina Lehnert, long-time housekeeper of the Venerable Pope Pius XII. Mother Pascalina[…]
If the case is as it seems to be and the newest generation of voters is simultaneously more wounded, jaded, and emotionally immature than ever before — then a different pro-life messaging approach is needed — one which might abstract the issue. America is facing a crisis of empathy. Perhaps not unrelatedly, the pro-life movement[…]
Besides being ‘Star Wars Day’ May the Fourth is also, more realistically, the traditional commemoration of the Shroud of Turin, claimed to be the burial cloth of Christ – and there is much evidence that it is. But this is no ordinary cloth, for on it is imprinted – without any explicable scientific means, then[…]
Jesus Christ the righteous…he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 Jn 2:1-2) The Easter Season is a privileged time of catechesis or instruction both for the newly-baptized and for all of us who renewed our baptismal vows on Easter[…]
