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
“And when the wine was failing, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus said to her: ‘Woman, what is that to me and to you? My hour has not yet come.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you’” (Jn 2:3-5). At the wedding feast in[…]
In a letter of 11 December 1944 C. S. Lewis mentions five “shining examples of human holiness”. Along with Saint Francis, George Herbert, George MacDonald, “and even burly old Dr. Johnson” we find John Bunyan. Lewis admired John Bunyan, whose The Pilgrim’s Progress Lewis knew wel1.[2] He spent part of the Christmas holiday of 1929[…]
On this Saturday, the First of May 2021, we celebrate the feast of St Joseph the Worker. This feast has a recent history. In fact, in the midst of the Cold War, when Soviet Communism was at its most aggressive, the Spirit of the Lord inspired the Venerable Pope Pius XII to ease the global[…]
Wokeism Meme: Compared to Me, You’re a Moral Failure: If You Disagree, You’re Part of the Problem Did you know that Michel Foucault, the French philosopher and avatar of the Sexual Revolution, is also regarded as the founding father of Wokeness? Today’s hippest ideology? It’s true. Countless academics and scholars regard Foucault as post-modernism’s most[…]
On April 23rd, the universal Church celebrates with great joy the feast of St George. Besides being a saint of the early times of the Church St George has many devotees around the world. His life story as well as his cult are really a source of inspiration for all those who want to take[…]
“ontology” defined ~ the science of being Some students are fortunate enough to have had a teacher who made all the difference in life. I am such a person. During my junior year of high school in Carlsbad, New Mexico, John Hadsell was my English teacher. One day, apparently bored with the insipid materials in[…]
Jesus Christ the righteous…he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world (1 Jn. 2:1-2). The Easter Season is a privileged time of liturgical catechesis called mystagogy because it draws into the Mystery of Christ, a reality that is the foundation of[…]
On Monday 15 April 1912 the RMS Titanic sank in the deep waters of the North Atlantic taking with her more than 1,500 lives. Among the victims there is the unsung hero Father Thomas Byles. As history goes Father Thomas Roussel Byles was among the 2,207 passengers that were on board the RMS Titanic. The 42-year-old[…]
In 1969, a group of twelve highly educated American women met in a flat in New York City. Seated around a table, the women chanted the following “litany”: “Why are we here today?” [the chairperson] asked. “To make revolution,” they answered. “What kind of revolution?” she replied. “The Cultural Revolution,” they chanted. “And how do[…]
Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990) like so many great Catholic converts of the 20th century experienced a fascinating pilgrimage from agnostic Communist sympathizer in his youth to later champion of conservatism and critic of decadent liberalism. Muggeridge’s early career consisted of several years as a teacher in India and several more as a journalist in Russia and[…]
