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
“Children are a grace that is given to a couple. … We need signs among us that when we put God first, others second, and ourselves third, that it works.” In the early part of the sixth century, St. Benedict, appalled by the immorality of Rome, left to pursue the Christian life in the desert.[…]
David Warren, former editor of the Idler and columnist for the Ottawa Citizen, now writes an “anti-blog” entitled Essays in Idleness at davidwarrenonline.com. He was born in Toronto in the old Dominion of Canada in 1953. “Canada Day” has again come upon us: as a redundant summer holiday for the young, and as a reminder to many who[…]
Hence the domestic household is antecedent, as well in idea as in fact, to the gathering of men into a community. – Pope Pius XI (Quadragesimo Anno) Families, be what you are. Pope John Paul II At the top of the last column of this magazine, there is a picture of a wooden sign with[…]
In our culture, the closest thing we have to a state religion is the worship of scientific knowledge, which is really just the worship of man. The scientific method is a good thing, perhaps one of the most important intellectual inventions of history, and we must not rid ourselves of the error by undervaluing scientific pursuit.[…]
Good artists, musicians, writers, and dramatists are able to reflect reality. Oft en their work is so true to life that we cannot see it. I am not sure if the artists are conscious of this, but I know of some examples. So, in the case of art, the trick for the observer is to resist[…]
In Ireland, my ancestors were offered a devil’s bargain by the otherwise good people during the potato famine. At that time, well-intentioned but misguided folk would provide soup to starving Irishmen on the condition that they renounce their Catholic Faith. The sentiment of the Irish peasants was expressed in the song that they sang in[…]
I was speaking with a colleague, Fred, who is an atheist, and he told me that he preferred to use Xmas on his Christmas cards rather than Christmas. This, he said, would not give offence to people who did not accept the entire Christian association with Christmas. Never mind the obvious, that there is no[…]
“Therefore your end is on you, Is on you and your kings, Not for a fire in Ely fen, Not that your gods are nine or ten, But because it is only Christian men Guard even heathen things. “For our God hath blessed creation, Calling it good. I know What spirit with whom you blindly[…]
For it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Chuck him out, the brute!’’ But it’s “Saviour of ’is country,’’ when the guns begin to shoot; Yes it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ anything you please; But Tommy ain’t a bloomin’ fool—you bet that Tommy sees! – Rudyard Kipling, 1892 Pacifism is a religious version of[…]
