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
A blessed Friday to all, as we continue this journey through June, and soon into summer. Spring should bring hope, and the promise of new life. But all is not rosy on the spiritual front, and I read with some dismay, although not much surprise, that the number of seminarians has dropped precipitously of late,[…]
A fine good morning to all our readers, on this blustery mid-June day, at least as the weather is here in Ontario. I have an article published this morning in Crisis magazine on the recent Ontario election, the trouncing of the Liberals under Kathleen Wynne, and what Doug Ford may be able to accomplish with[…]
From Justin Trudeau’s eyebrow apparently falling off during a press scrum (apparently it may have been an optical illusion), to his tiff with President Trump, along with the imposition of crippling tariffs (just wait until they hit the automobile industry), it has not been a good week for our Prime Minister and Canada. I wonder[…]
Today, the vigil of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, is the World Day of Prayer for Priests, instituted by Pope Saint John Paul II in 2002, a reminder that Christ came in true human nature, with a human body, flesh and ‘heart’, and all that means, the emotions and affections proper to being a[…]
A blessed feast of Saint Boniface, (+735) the 8th century Apostle of Germany and what is now Europe, of which he is now the patron, a tireless and fearless missionary bishop who stood up to the implacable pagan Frisians, setting up dioceses and churches, converting untold numbers, before being slain in odium fidei by a[…]
A blessed and grace-filled solemnity of Corpus Christi to one and all, a feast that has a long and varied history dating back to the early Middle Ages, with Saint Juliana of Liege (+1258), who, based on private revelations from God, advocated for a day outside of Lent (for on Holy Thursday, we also commemorate[…]
Saint Justin, who is called the ‘martyr’, was a pagan convert to Christianity, based in large part upon his investigation of the rational arguments in support of the ‘one, true faith’. He adopted the life of an itinerant teacher, eventually starting a school in Rome, writing much, but what survives are two dialogues and an[…]
A blessed and joyous feast of the Visitation, commemorating the journey and meeting of the Virgin Mary to her ‘kinswoman’ Elizabeth, at her home in the hills of Judea. Both women were expecting, and the children within their wombs, one the Son of God, the other His final prophet, ‘leapt for joy’, as did his[…]
What is one to say about the tragic vote in Ireland last Friday, on the day of the three saints (not one of whom was Irish, which may in some way be a small mercy), with a two-thirds majority voting to legally sanction the murder of the unborn child. To its credit, the only county[…]
Paula Adamick’s discussion of the skyrocketing rates of ‘depression’, especially amongst the young, should give us some deep pause. After all, youth, as Saint Thomas teaches, is, or should be, a time full of hope, of dreams, of all those things that might yet be, within the grasp of one’s incipient powers and talents. Yet[…]
