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
Metanoia is the original Greek term for ‘conversion’, which opens the Gospel of Saint Mark with Christ’s exhortation: ‘Repent and believe in the Gospel!‘. Literally, a ‘turning around’ of one’s mind and heart from one point of view to another. One may be converted from country music to classical, or, more importantly, and in the[…]
Iraq (*) just passed a ‘law’ permitting nine-year old girls to marry, following other jurisdictions, and the advice of imams and Islamic interpreters too numerous to count. Read the whole article, for it is enlightening, at least in one sense, even if in another, rather sickening. We should clarify that the law permits such girls ‘to[…]
In this week of prayer for Christian unity, I have an article on the Toronto archdiocesan webpage – or more like a few brief answers to questions – on the life of Saint Francis de Sales. He was an ecumenist par excellence, before that term was ever used, who, in his tenure as bishop of[…]
A blessed Inauguration Day, especially to all our American readers. Say what you will about Donald Trump – he does have his limitations, and carries baggage, and has opinions with which I would disagree – but he’s a lot better than what might have been. As someone put it, we can say farewell to the[…]
As we pray for those affected by the Los Angeles fires – still burning and uncontained as I write – the significance of this tragedy should not be lost. The whole area is devastated, a charred, barren landscape Biblical in proportion, with thousands of multi-million-dollar mansions – some of the most expensive real estate on[…]
Napoleon once quipped that if you want to discover a man’s character, don’t make him suffer; rather, give him power. By their fruits ye shall know them. The Canadian people – at least, enough of them – bestowed such power on Justin Trudeau when he was elected Prime Minister ten years ago – it seems[…]
Today’s fourth-century saints, Saints Basil of Caesarea (+379) and Gregory of Nazianzen (+389), comprise, together with Basil’s brother Gregory of Nyssa (+395), the trio known as the Cappadocian Fathers, from the region now in modern Turkey whence they hailed. Gregory’s sister Macrina had turned the family estate into a monastery, and they dedicated their lives[…]
Why do we need a Jubilee mascot? When I think of a mascot, what comes to mind is someone dressed up in an animal suit – no, not a ‘furry’; a mascot is more ridiculous and than troubling and needing therapy, meant to inspire humour and enthusiasm, especially at sporting events. Mascots are fine in[…]
There will be some empty chairs around the Christmas table this year, after a Saudi psychiatrist, Tabel Al-Abdulmohesn, plowed his BMW into a Christmas market in Germany, killing a nine-year old boy and four women, and seriously injuring scores of others. Then there was the murder of health insurance CEO Brian Thomson, shot in the[…]
Cardinal Blaise Cupich of Chicago has just released another directive for his diocese, discouraging Catholics from kneeling to receive Holy Communion. Before we get to his reasons, we should go back 45 years, to the summer of ‘69, when all manner of liturgical chaos seemed to be breaking loose. In the wake of the ‘spirit[…]
