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
The Divine Office is the prayer book of priests. It consists of psalms, hymns and prayers that are said through the day. Some lay people use a shorter version of it, at morning and evening I mention it because the infancy Gospel of Luke contains the words of the old man, Simeon, who greeted the[…]
Josephology is a relatively new branch of theology that has appeared about two hundred to one hundred-fifty years ago. It has its origins in Saint Thomas Aquinas and some notable medieval theologians, continues to grow and develop through the efforts of Doctors of the Church such as Saint Teresa of Avila, but it really begins[…]
Introduction Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver has aptly said that “abortion is the central social issue of this moment in our national history ‒ not the only issue, but the foundational issue; the pivotal issue. For Catholics to ignore it or downplay it or ‘contextualize’ it would be an act of cowardice.”[1] The election[…]
Mozart’s Great Mass in C Major, the ‘Coronation Mass’, Krönungsmesse – so called since it was a favorite of the imperial court, performed often in thanksgiving for some great event – was completed on March 23, 1779 and premiered the following Easter Sunday, April 4th, in the presence of the Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II.[…]
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI ON THE OCCASION OF CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO THE ROMAN CURIA Clementine Hall Friday, 21 December 2012 [Video] Dear Cardinals, Brother Bishops and Priests, Dear Brothers and Sisters, It is with great joy that I meet you today, dear Members of the College of Cardinals, Representatives of the Roman Curia and the Governorate, for[…]
“France has been one of the great nations marked by the Christian faith since the dawn of history; and after the fall of the Roman Empire, it was the first nation of the West to declare itself the daughter of the Church, the “eldest daughter of the Church”. For centuries, France made a special contribution[…]
In these latter days of Advent, our focus, liturgically and devotionally, is on Our Lady, expectant, preparing to give birth to the One who would redeem the world. And we too wait, with joy, with her. God often does the unexpected – a God of surprises, as one wise woman said to me years ago,[…]
(What follows is Pope Benedict XVI’s last Advent Angelus address as Pope, in 2012. A couple of months later, in February, 2013, he would resign, in what to some are mysterious circumstances, the Benedict himself citing incapacity to continue with the increasing burdens of the papacy, given his health. Oh, to have his clarity once[…]
On December 16, we begin the Christmas Novena. In these nine days of reflection this Novena will take us up to Christmas Eve, December 24. It would be beneficial if we can sip a bit the beauty and the relevance of this interesting Novena, written by the St Alphonsus Liguori, (1696–1787), Bishop, Doctor of the[…]
Jean Mouton (1459 – 1522) was a French priest, canon and, like Vivaldi (also ordained), a prolific composer, well ahead of his time in his masterful use of polyphony, chords and harmony. From what survives of his work (more than most, due to his contemporary popularity with popes, kings, queens, nobles and the people), we[…]
