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
According to the Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain in his 1952 book The Range of Reason, there are Christians who, to all intents and purposes, think and behave more like atheists than Christians. These are people who call themselves Christian, but by their actions show that they do not really believe what they say they believe.[…]
There is no better way to solve the problem of evil than by starting with a definition of what evil is, or is not. According to the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, the universe itself is fundamentally evil. He said that those who wish to escape this evil are justified in committing suicide. For Schopenhauer evil[…]
August 18th is the traditional feast of St Helen, mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, the Empress who found the Cross of Christ. In Malta we celebrate her feast at the parish Church of Birkirkara. When thinking about the life of St Helen what spontaneously comes into my heart and mind is the her role[…]
Christians agree that God invites us all to end our lives in a state of being called ‘heaven’; that is, in a personal relationship with God that is full of joy and oneness for all eternity. The idea of a perfect state of being is very difficult to grasp since we are not perfect, and[…]
A couple of weeks ago in Indianapolis, IN, 60,000 Catholics gathered together for a five-day National Eucharistic Congress. I was blessed to be one of them. If I were to describe my experience in three words it would be this: foretaste of Heaven. Being amongst such a vast number of people with the common goal[…]
And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence (1 Kings 19: 12). The Prophet Elijah’s mysterious encounter with the Lord in the sheer silence was not unlike the experience of Peter and the disciples once Jesus and Peter got into the boat.[…]
The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, issued from the Second Vatican Council, emphasized the point that every person has a vocation to holiness. The word “vocation” stems from the Latin word vocare which means “to call.” Within each person’s call to holiness is a particular vocation such as the priesthood, marriage, and religious[…]
“All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.” From the Catechism of the Catholic Church Purgatory is traditionally defined by the Catholic Church as[…]
For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. (Jn 6:33) As we listen to our Lord’s Eucharistic discourse, our Lord Himself teaches us about the Eucharist, the Sacrament prefigured not only in the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fish but also in the life[…]
This morning I invite you to reflect on St Eusebius of Vercelli, the first Bishop of Northern Italy of whom we have reliable information. Born in Sardinia at the beginning of the fourth century, he moved to Rome with his family at a tender age. Later, he was instituted lector: he thus came to belong[…]
