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
Arguably the most popular painting in the Western World is The Last Supper, and virtually every educated person knows that it was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. The precise electrifying moment of the meal is rendered as Jesus tells the Apostles that one of them will betray him, and they all glare at him and[…]
(Here is the Christmas address of Pope Saint John Paul II, from way back in 2002, and the needs for which he prayed eighteen years ago are much the same now as then; in fact, they are much the same as, say, 419 or 719, 1319 or 2024 anno Domini – the Middle East, Holy[…]
(December 24th, Christmas Eve, is the traditional commemoration of the ‘ancestors of Christ’, in particular Adam and Eve, whom we recall on this day, as we make last-minute preparations for the birth of the new Adam, the sinless One, Who takes away all our sins. Here is a reprise of Mike Schramm’s recent article on[…]
There is no shortage of nonsensical ideas circulating throughout both the web on social media and in the mainstream media, much of which does not have any logical basis, or credible historical or scientific evidence. The Contextual Backdrop In the case of social media, there has been the resurgence of what is known as “flat[…]
(Father Marco Testa was planning to submit this reflection back on December 8th, but due to technical difficulties, the article could only be sent along now. Since we turn our attention in these last days of Advent, and over Christmas, to the Blessed Virgin, we thought, well, a meditation on the Our Lady being preserved[…]
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Hall Wednesday, 22 December 2010 Dear Brothers and Sisters, With this last Audience before the Christmas celebrations, we approach with trepidation and wonder the “place” where for us and for our salvation everything began, everything found fulfilment, where the expectations of the world and of the human heart[…]
The figures of Advent we have met in the liturgy are the prophet Isaiah, John the Baptist and now, on the fourth Sunday, Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin. Saint Matthew’s account is brief, almost matter of fact: “She was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.” It is Luke’s account, read this morning,[…]
Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled (Lk. 1:45). On this the fourth and last Sunday of Advent, the Sacred Liturgy invites us to be one with the Blessed Virgin Mary, in whom at last the fullness of time is reached, and a new order[…]
In these last days of Advent, here are three versions of the ancient Advent hymn, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, dating back 1200 years to monastic traditions in the 8th or 9th century. The text, originally Latin, with the common English version by John Mason Neale in the 1851, is a musical rendition of the[…]
As we enter into these last few days of Advent, with the last candle of the wreath soon to be lit, the atmosphere is bathed in a serene glow, echoing the theme of peace. This candle symbolizes the peace emanating from the town of Bethlehem where the Prince of Peace was born. As our world[…]
