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
Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For…she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on’ (Mk. 12:43-44). ⧾ Many of us are familiar with the account that we have just heard as the[…]
“And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire” – Matthew 18:9 Readers of Catholic Insight need no introduction to the problem of the pornography[…]
A blessed All Souls’ Day to all our readers. Here is an article from our archives, which sums up the Church’s tradition of praying for the dead quite nicely. And please do keep in mind that the Church offers a plenary indulgence for praying for the holy souls in a cemetery during the next eight[…]
Friday 29 October 2021 remains an historic date for those who venerate Blessed Rosario Livatino, for today is his first liturgical memorial. Rosario Livatino, or as he is commonly known the “boy judge”, was the first magistrate that was beatified throughout the Catholic Church history. As we know, the criminal organization known as Stidda, which[…]
As I do more reading into what various theologians and josephologists have written about the fatherhood of Saint Joseph, I notice that there is a common pattern in respect to the use of the title of “Foster Father.” More and more, I see that some are becoming more and more uncomfortable and dissatisfied with the[…]
‘Son of David, have mercy on me’ (Mk. 10:47). ⧾ The request made by Bartimaeus in his encounter with Our Lord reveals two things: the blind man’s faith in Our Lord’s power to heal him, and the fact that at one time this man had been able to see, but on account of an unspecified[…]
Saint Robert Cardinal Bellarmine (1452-1621) was a theologian and scholar of the first rank. After joining the newly formed Order of the Society of Jesus, he dedicated himself to opposing the dissolution of Christendom’s unity by way of being a principal figure at the Council of Trent, which was assembled to address the problems erupting[…]
For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many’ (Mk. 10:45). ⧾ Taken as a unified whole, the lessons of the Mass today contain all that we need to know to understand how the Son of God saves us and how[…]
‘How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God’ (Mk. 10:24). As with many of Our Lord’s sayings, this one is often misinterpreted and seen as a blanket condemnation of those who are wealthy. In order to understand in a deeper manner what Our Lord is actually teaching[…]
In one of the most recent and popular books on Saint Joseph called Consecration to Saint Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father, Father Donald Calloway touches on the subject of the titles applied to the fatherhood of Saint Joseph.[1] He lists the various titles for the great Patriarch — legal, putative, spiritual, virginal, and[…]
