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
In the Old Testament book of Genesis God reveals that He has made us in His image and likeness (Genesis 1:26). That being so, no image of God can be complete if it does not reflect to some degree the image of a human person. While the Person of God as Father was depicted in[…]
October 29th is the liturgical memorial of Blessed Rosario Angelo Livatino who was assassinated by the Sicilian mafia group Stidda on September 21, 1990. His name has become naturally synonymous with the fight against the Mafia. In just 38 years of life, thanks to his incredible dedication for justice and truth, Blessed Rosario Angelo managed[…]
(In light of today’s first reading from the fifth chapter of Ephesians, on the headship of the husband in the family, here are some thoughts from Joshua Filipetto on Saint Joseph as the head of the Holy Family) Ed. There was a statement which I came across a while ago in my reading on the[…]
The following thoughts were assembled as an aid for reflection and dialogue with the prisoners involved in the Catholic RCIA program at the Preston Smith State Prison near Lamesa, Texas. Prison is a place where men and women have time and opportunity to reflect on their lives, on the mistakes they have made, on the[…]
The signature work of the most iconic Christian writer of the 20th century, C. S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity is a powerful weapon in the arsenal of any intentional apologist. Few who read it are not touched in some way through its compelling approach. Personally speaking, Lewis’ work is refreshing, an exercise in depth of thought,[…]
As we celebrate the memorial of Pope Saint John Paul II on October 22nd, we should also recall that it was on the 16th that he was elected Pope, and is now the forty-sixth anniversary of that fateful and providential election. We may remember his words spoken from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica, Monday[…]
(A retrospect on the legalization of cannabis in Canada, now six (!) years ago. The stultifying and enervating effects of this drug may in some small part explain why so many Canadians went so sheepishly along with unilateral imposition of totalitarian protocols a few years ago, which our forefathers would not have tolerated, nor even[…]
“What is truth?” said jesting Pilate, and would not wait for an answer. There are those who do not want to hear the truth. Such people may seem to be congenital liars who can barely stand to be in the presence of truth-tellers. The liars regard the truth-tellers as fools who can be easily duped[…]
One of the great spiritual masters of all time is Saint Teresa of Avila, whose feast we celebrate today. Her teaching and example offer us immense help in our own spiritual journey. Teresa lived in a very difficult time in the history of the Church. On the one side you had burgeoning Protestantism, which posed[…]
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, compiled and edited by Fr. Dave Tomaszycki, On the Demonic, Emmaus Road Publishing, 2024. In his book Those Mysterious Priests published in 1974, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen desired to write an entire book on the Demonic. It was a theme he frequently dealt with, though often not in great detail in[…]
