Catholic Insight

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Catholic Insight

Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World

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Listen: A Poem

Listen   Everything is loud, until you listen. If you couldn’t speak, what would you do? What would you notice? The miracles of Christ or Christ? Hume said, “The Son of David’s miracles are not probable.” Was Hume deaf or dumb? Because I heard yesterday, “You can’t apply probability to intentional events.” Hume must be[…]

Words Aren’t Weightless: A Poem

Words Aren’t Weightless    “Sticks and stones may break my bones  But words will never hurt me” Tell that to the lasting tone of a stone Their syntax sticks My inner structures are brittle Hollow bones like a bird Words aren’t weightless They fly away from prepositions and predicates Subjected phrases, objectifying subjects Making nests[…]

Tradition: The Weakest Possible Argument, or the Strongest?

The Weakest Possible Argument?[1] The weakest argument is that based on authority. This fact may explain why Father Most’s article on the history of the ordination of women[2] is unlikely to change anyone’s mind, for his arguments consists of demonstrating that women have never been ordained in the Catholic Church. On the premise that Tradition[…]

Keeping Advent Well

There is a remnant of the former ways in the Church, in this church where there is no sign of Christmas, where the vestments are a sober purple and the music and prayers still honour the traditional character of Advent. This special liturgical tone is especially evident in the readings from the Bible, with their[…]

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