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
(This being not only the memorial of the one of the Church’s earliest post-Apostolic martyrs, the great Ignatius, who may have known the Apostle John personally, but also the fifth anniversary of the legalization of marijuana, or cannabis, we thought this retrospect quite fitting. As readers may know, a new ‘pot shop’ opened up a[…]
(From our archives, on the great 16th century Carmelite reformer Saint Theresa of Avila, whose sparkling, vivid and very human personality echoes through the ages, and speaks to each one of us. So enjoy, in the spirit of prayer and devotion to this most likable and approachable of saints – Editor) We cannot know[…]
In the Little Flowers of St Francis, which is a florilegium in 53 short chapters which in it we find contained the life of St Francis of Assisi, a work which dates back towards the end of the 14th century, we find written these words in chapter 42: As the sky is adorned with stars, so the[…]
October the 11th is the feast day of St John XXIII, chosen since it was the opening day of the Second Vatican Council, so connected with his pontificate. This great Pope keeps being remembered in Church’s history as the one who opened the Church’s windows to the fresh air of the Holy Spirit. Who can[…]
The feast of St Faustina, celebrated on Wednesday 5 October 2022, brings to my mind the great need of letting the Lord make us holy. St Pope John Paul II used to say: The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church’s history. Hence, by delving deeper[…]
October first is the liturgical memorial of St Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower of Jesus, as she is commonly known, her fame spread far and wide by the publication of her autobiography. When one looks closely at her own reflections, one gets the clue that her story of a soul is the story of[…]
September 22nd is the feast day of Saint Ignazio da Santhià. Who was this Capuchin saint? Ignazio Bevisotti was born in Santhià (Vercelli) on 5 June 1686. When he was baptized he was named Lorenzo Maurizio. The little boy attended the diocesan seminary. After much preparation he was ordained as a diocesan priest at the[…]
September 17th is the traditional feast of the Stigmata of St Francis, commemorating the event of the saint receiving the wounds of Christ on Mount La Verna in September 1224, two years before he died. A good historical source for this feast is surely the letter which Brother Elias, whom Francis himself opted to govern[…]
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE St Peter’s Square Wednesday, 6 June 2007 Saint Cyprian Dear Brothers and Sisters, In the series of our catecheses on the great figures of the ancient Church, today we come to an excellent African Bishop of the third century, St Cyprian, “the first Bishop in Africa to obtain the crown of[…]
This last day of August is the liturgical feast of a great German saint, Saint Paulinus of Trier. Trier, previously known Trèves and Triers, is a city lies on the banks of the Moselle in Germany, between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the west of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, near the border of[…]
