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
When the Constitutional Convention concluded, Benjamin Franklin upon his exit from the event was accosted by a woman who asked him what kind of government the people had been given. “A republic, madam … if you can keep it,” Franklin tersely replied. Thomas Sowell’s Dismantling America: and Other Controversial Essays (2010) was far-sighted to say[…]
One of the age-old objections that Protestants have to the Catholic priesthood is known as the “Call No Man Father” Argument, which runs something like this: Christ in Matthew 23:9 forbids His disciples from calling men their fathers,[1] and since one is to take the words of Christ according to the Literal Sense of Scripture,[…]
And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased’ (Lk. 3:22). ⧾ Today’s Feast of the Lord’s Baptism brings to a completion our celebration of Christmas and the Epiphany. The Epiphany specifically celebrates the manifestation of Christ Our Lord to the nations and today’s Feast likewise[…]
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:10 Hilaire Belloc’s somewhat long and forgotten Survivals and New Arrivals (1929) is worth looking at again from a contemporary perspective. Subtitled The Old and New Enemies of the Catholic Church, this book reveals Belloc to[…]
Hail, holy Mother! The Child to whom you gave birth is the King of Heaven and earth forever. Christmas is a Solemnity with an Octave. This means that for eight days the Sacred Liturgy celebrates the Mystery of Christmas. The last day of the Octave is kept as the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of[…]
Introduction Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver has aptly said that “abortion is the central social issue of this moment in our national history ‒ not the only issue, but the foundational issue; the pivotal issue. For Catholics to ignore it or downplay it or ‘contextualize’ it would be an act of cowardice.”[1] The election[…]
Saints are great helpers who, by the inspiration given to them by the Holy Spirit, help us appreciate the present Christmas season we are living in. For instance, for St Augustine of Hippo (354-430): Christmas is the Feast of man’s maker. Later on this man’s maker will be killed. Yet, through his death we are[…]
“France has been one of the great nations marked by the Christian faith since the dawn of history; and after the fall of the Roman Empire, it was the first nation of the West to declare itself the daughter of the Church, the “eldest daughter of the Church”. For centuries, France made a special contribution[…]
In these latter days of Advent, our focus, liturgically and devotionally, is on Our Lady, expectant, preparing to give birth to the One who would redeem the world. And we too wait, with joy, with her. God often does the unexpected – a God of surprises, as one wise woman said to me years ago,[…]
Jean Mouton (1459 – 1522) was a French priest, canon and, like Vivaldi (also ordained), a prolific composer, well ahead of his time in his masterful use of polyphony, chords and harmony. From what survives of his work (more than most, due to his contemporary popularity with popes, kings, queens, nobles and the people), we[…]
