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
There are two saints commemorated on this April 12th. The first is Saint Sabbas the Goth (+372), a sort of ‘village fool’, but the wisest of fools, a fool for Christ. He lived in what is now Romania during the transition of the Goths – a barbaric, pagan Germanic tribe – to Christianity (they would[…]
Today, the Friday before Good Friday, in Malta and Gozo is celebrated the devotion of Our Lady of Sorrows. Today, all Malta and Gozo stand in silence before the image of the Pieta, Mary with her Son Jesus dead in her hands. Many are those who today feel the call to go to Mass, confession[…]
Saint Vincent Ferrer (+1419), whose commemoration is on this April 5th, was a fiery, intense, highly intelligent Dominican missionary, who travelled the length and breadth of Europe preaching to and converting untold thousands, counselling kings and potentates, and embroiled in the controversies of the day. When he was born, his mother experienced no pain, and[…]
(On this vigil of the Annunciation, when Mary’s fiat changed the course of history forever, here are some words of preparation from contributor Carl Sundell). Editor What pain Christ must have suffered As the nails were pounded in. But Mother Mary suffered as well Watching him pay for our sin. The story of Mary[…]
Towards the end of his life, Saint Patrick wrote his ‘Confessions‘ which, like his near-contemporaneous Saint Augustine’s autobiography of the same title, is meant in the original sense of that word: As a song of praise to God for His goodness and mercy, as manifested in their respective life journeys. Both saints began as sinners[…]
As the Church universal is jubilantly celebrating the feast of St Joseph on this day, it would be so beautiful to draw from the different Magisteria of Popes who spoke about this special saint. I am sure that the different reflections they want to offer us act as a great encouragement to love this extraordinary[…]
Jan Sarkander (1576 – 1620) was a Polish Catholic priest, tortured to death by Protestants over the course of a month at the beginning of the Thirty Years War. Jan was born in Silesia, into a loving family – one sister and three brothers. He thought of becoming a priest, but decided to marry instead.[…]
March 10th – or 11th, if you want to end on the Solemnity itself – is the day to begin the novena to Saint Joseph, – but you may begin anytime, and today is good as well – and in this year dedicated to the great saint, Patron of the Universal Church, Patron of Canada[…]
On February 15th, we celebrated the liturgical memorial of St Claude de la Colombière. This Jesuit priest was the confessor of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the French Visitation sister and mystic who greatly promoted the Sacred Heart of Jesus’ devotion in its modern form. It was thanks to his support and commitment that St Margaret[…]
Tertullian’s oft-quoted phrase, “the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church,” immediately evokes scenes of the early Christians in the Roman Colosseum, but this adage remains ageless across the centuries. St. Henry Walpole (1558-1595) was born in Docking, Norfolk, into the turbulence of the English Reformation. As a young man, he studied[…]
