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
May is a month specially dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Of course, other months have specific Marian themes – January, with the Mother of God, February, the Presentation, March, the Annunciation, August, the Assumption, October, the Rosary and December with Advent and Christmas. But there is something special about May – spring, new life,[…]
Marriage in the Alps The ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) principles and metrics are aligned with and derived from the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The UN SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) appear superficially benevolent but “sustainable development” is a euphemism that the uninitiated and gullible would need to unscramble. Indeed, sustainable development at the UN and[…]
Geraldine Thompson, a Sister of Saint Joseph who taught English at Saint Michael’s College, Toronto, was utterly charming in person, . . . and challenging in conversation. Once she asked me, “Why is it that preachers will explain in detail aspects of the Sunday readings that everyone knows and but say nothing about other passages[…]
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people; in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of Him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light (1 Pt. 2:9). As we continue our celebration of Easter and reflect on the earliest days of the Church,[…]
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, France produced a number of famous organist-composers, such as Louis Vierne, Charles-Marie Widor, Marcel Dupré, Maurice Duruflé, and Olivier Messiaen. A neglected member of this period is Charles Tournemire (1870–1939). Born in Bourdeaux, he went on to study with César Franck (1822–1890) in Paris, and eventually became[…]
Hot Water A little thought is due considering that institutions are blissfully aligning themselves with the UN’s controversial sustainable development goals, and transforming their perspectives and temperaments in order to be judged favourably according to the ESG (environmental, social and governance) metrics which manifest the UN SDGs (sustainable development goals). Irrespective of whether sustainable development[…]
Dedicated to Rita Ann Knuffman As the old proverb, now meme, goes, “Blood is thicker than water”. Blood meaning family, and more specifically, individuals who share a blood relationship to each other and water of course is everyone else, friends, neighbors, strangers, and perhaps in-laws. Thicker can only be construed as greater than, better than,[…]
‘I came that they may have life and have it abundantly’ (Jn. 10:10). These few words tell us everything that we need to know about the Redemptive Incarnation, the saving mission of the Word Incarnate, and about ourselves in relation to this Mystery. The Lord of all creation reveals Himself and He has created us[…]
Here is a sublime rendition of the Regina Caeli Laetare a 8, by Tomas Luis De Victoria (1548-1611), as sung again by the ensemble Voces8. This work was first published in 1576, at the height of the Catholic Restoration: We cannot let Easter go by without Palestrina’s contemporaneous version of this ancient Marian antiphon: And,[…]
In the Nicene Creed we find the phrase, “[Jesus] suffered death and was buried, and rose again . . . in accordance with the Scriptures.” These words of the creed echo a statement from Saint Paul: “Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the[…]
