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
In the last several weeks leading up to the Presidential election – and in the few weeks following it – I’ve found myself so spiritually distracted that I’ve hardly been able to pray. So invested have I been in the outcome, that little else has permeated my mind or heart. I will not attempt to[…]
In 1842, when Father Michael Power, a Haligonian born of Irish parents, was consecrated as the first bishop of the newly formed Diocese of Toronto, he faced an enormous challenge. The Toronto Diocese, largely forgotten by Rome at that time, covered a vast area. Spanning the western area of Upper Canada, the diocese included Manitoulin[…]
“Now is the time to do what you’re told,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, November 13, 2020, as many Americans brace themselves for further lockdowns to the coronavirus. Watching the ongoing U.S. election returns has been like watching Germany invade Poland again, this time in slow motion. Yet much of the world remains as oblivious to the[…]
“God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world.” Paul Dirac Modern mathematicians sometimes debate whether the rules of mathematics are invented or discovered. The consensus seems to be that the rules are not invented, because they are seen to work when applied to the physical world. That is, we do not bend the world to[…]
The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of St. John Paul II, with Catholics reflecting on a Pope who still remains a “spiritual compass” fifteen years after his death. His demise was an irreparable loss for all Catholics, not least Polish-Australians, but also for some Italian and Irish-Australians – we were all[…]
On November 16th we, as a Church, celebrate the feast day of Saint Joseph Moscati, or, as he is commonly known by many who have a strong devotion to him, “the Holy Physician of Naples”. Joseph Moscati was canonized by St. John Paul II in 1987. As many would remember, this was also the year[…]
More times than I can count I have been told by young men and women that they do not attend Mass because they find it boring. It’s the one statement that cannot be argued against because whatever one says in reply will also be boring. I may not find it so, but I cannot deny[…]
I suspect there are few people left who don’t think there’s something very wrong in the world today, whatever their political and moral leanings might be. It has always been so, more or less. Some epochs are better, others worse, but all are a mess. Ours, however, seems to be particularly messy: the culture is[…]
In his apostolic exhortation on the call of holiness in today’s world, Gaudete et Exsultate, Pope Francis wrote: “The saints are distinguished by a spirit of prayer and a need for communion with God. They find an exclusive concern with this world to be narrow and stifling, and, amid their own concerns and commitments, they long[…]
The Communist Party cannot be neutral toward religion. It stands for science, and all religion is opposed to science. ~ Joseph Stalin The religions are all alike, no matter what they call themselves. They have no future. ~ Adolf Hitler Our God is none other than the masses of the Chinese people. ~ Mao Zedong[…]
