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
Lent is a privileged time in the liturgical year, preparing us for the celebration of Easter. However, our whole life should be a journey of transformation until the time that we enter into the Heavenly Kingdom for our Eternal Easter. Both the Fathers of the Church and eminent spiritual writers certainly give us a rich[…]
Jewish rabbis have a useful word to describe the attitude of a believer to Sacred Scripture. The word is mashal, and it is used of a short, witty statement, often a proverb, such as: A fool despises his father’s instruction, but he who heeds admonition is prudent.[1] The characteristic of a mashal is that it[…]
The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks (Lk. 6:45). ⧾ Our Gospel reading today is a continuation of last Sunday’s reading and again by means of concrete[…]
The topic The July 5, 2021 edition of The Globe and Mail carried an article with the headline “Amid the shameful residential school revelations I cannot remain a Catholic.” The recent round of publicity about the residential schools has focused on the presence of graves on the grounds of or near those schools. There have[…]
Truth confirms truth and the general truths of the Faith promote this particular truth that the complete citizen is a free man working upon the land – Hilaire Belloc, Flee to the Fields 16). This is a pretty dynamic statement. Is Belloc saying that non-landowners are not complete citizens? Well, yes and no; there is[…]
(Even if one may not agree with everything herein – and who said we have to agree on everything? – this is certainly an intriguing take on the current Covid debate from the erudite pen of Dr. Dias) Introduction We live in a time of anxiety, particularly in the context of threats to our livelihood[…]
Someone once said that there are few more beautiful sounds than a well-played classical guitar, and I must agree, even if I enjoy all maestros on any instruments, each with their own particular charism. And Drew Henderson is just such. His mastery of the guitar is a sight and sound to behold, making this solo[…]
Future dystopias – which now have to be written the present tense – almost invariably involve governmental control and manipulation of the people’s thoughts and consequent behaviour, with a false and deliberately manipulative view of reality foisted upon the citizenry, usually by technological means to which the people are addicted. (Ironically, and providentially, I’m publishing[…]
“It is he who shall build a house for my name; he shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him, and I will establish the throne of his kingship over Israel forever.” ( 1 Chronicles 22.10) The Holy Temple being a place of unity, an intersection between the divine[…]
“I am the way, the truth, and the life” ~ John 14:6 Dietrich von Hildebrand’s The Dethronement of Truth is a collection of three essays written at different points in his illustrious career. The title essay was published in 1943, but is even more relevant today. Hildebrand clearly understood that Truth, which is the supreme[…]
