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
As Christians we believe in miracles because the Gospels tell us of miracles performed by Jesus. No founder of any other world religion ever performed miracles, nor did any disciple of such founders ever claim that such power was possessed by the founder. Abraham, whose legacy of belief in one God includes the Jewish, Christian,[…]
May 8th is the traditional feast day of Our Lady of Pompeii, which reminds us of the power of the Marian prayer of the Rosary, through which the Lord turned a city given to paganism and sin into a city of grace and forgiveness, thanks to the protection of Mary, Our Lady of the Holy[…]
Someone once said to me, “I don’t need a priest to forgive my sins. I go directly to God.” I shuddered, hoping that he didn’t realize the import of what he was saying, for no one goes directly to God: “There is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”[1] Furthermore, the essential[…]
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter’s Square Wednesday, 6 September 2006 Philip the Apostle Dear Brothers and Sisters, While we continue to outline the features of the various Apostles, as we have been doing for several weeks, today we meet Philip. He always comes fifth in the lists of the Twelve (cf. Mt 10: 3;[…]
On this first day of May, dedicated to Mary, in this year after the 400th anniversary year of the death of one of England’s finest composers, William Byrd, we thought it fitting to post one of his madrigals dedicated to the Virgin and to this month: This Sweet and Merry Month of May was first published[…]
On this Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker, let us consider another article which was published on this very same feast day of May 1 in 2019 on Bishop Robert Barron’s Word on Fire website. This article, titled “Ite ad Joseph” and written by Br. Bartholomew Calvano, O.P., from the Dominicans of the Province of[…]
Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. (Jn. 15:4). In today’s Gospel reading, Our Lord speaks of the reality of our union with Him as a mutual indwelling (perichoresis). ‘Abide in[…]
One decade ago, on April 27th, 2014, John Paul II together with John XXIII, were both canonized at St Peter’s Square by Pope Francis. Both of them lived in the most challenging historical times. Both of them were truly heroic witnesses of hope and joy which come from the Risen Jesus. Both of them were[…]
Jesus said, “Stop judging that you may not be judged.” (Matthew 7:1) “Who are you to judge?” is the common refrain of those who might have good reason for not wanting themselves to be judged. But the admonition of Jesus was aimed only at those hypocrites who judge others for the very same sins they[…]
But the snake said to the woman: “You certainly will not die! God knows well that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, who know good and evil.” The woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and the tree[…]
