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
Twenty-fifth Sunday Per Annum (C) September 22, 2019. You cannot serve God and wealth (Lk. 16:13). At face value, it would seem that that the Gospel text of the Mass appears to be in favour of dishonesty in business dealing. Yet, like all of Our Lord’s parables, there is a deeper meaning that can only[…]
The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am the foremost (Communion Antiphon). The parable of the Good Shepherd, perhaps one of the best known of Our Lord’s parables, communicates to us, and to all who have ever heard it[…]
In his message for the celebration of the 50th world day of peace, His Holiness Pope Francis stated that “the eight beatitudes (cf. Mt 5:3-10) provide a portrait of the person we could describe as blessed, good and authentic[1]”. There are two passages in the Gospels that record the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12 and Luke 6:20-26),[…]
When Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced the withdrawal of the extradition bill that triggered the largest and longest protests in that city’s history, protest leaders remained deeply sceptical. For months, they had been demanding the full withdrawal of the much-loathed extradition bill – which would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be sent to mainland China[…]
Twenty-second Sunday Per Annum (C) September 1, 2019. Perform your tasks with humility….To the humble the Lord reveals His secrets…By the humble He is glorified (Sir. 3: 17-20). ⧾ The lessons of today’s Mass invite us to ponder the virtue of humility, the very foundation of our spiritual life. Humility is a foundational virtue for[…]
It’s getting darker out here! No, your eyes do not deceive you. Nor does the steady drumbeat of depressing news confirming that, since the election of the Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government in 2015, the moral fabric of Canada has become ever more frayed, making any repair seem highly unlikely. While it’s true this process of[…]
Twentieth Sunday Per Annum (C) August 18, 2019. Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! (Lk. 12:51). ⧾ These words are uncomfortable at first hearing, but they are true. Jesus Christ is truth incarnate and truth divides. We preach Christ crucified, a[…]
A blessed and joyous solemnity of the Assumption to one and all, a day commemorating the taking up of the Virgin Mary, body and soul, into heaven at the end of her earthly journey. As Pius XII declared in his 1950 Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus, in which this perennial truth was solemnly defined: by the[…]
You belong to your father, the devil, … for he is a liar and the father of lies. John 8:44 Thomas J. DiLorenzo is a libertarian professor of economics at Loyola University, Maryland. Some of his earlier works were highly controversial, especially in light of his attempt to debunk certain myths about Abraham Lincoln. The[…]
Nineteenth Sunday Per Annum (C) August 11, 2019. ‘Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom’ (Lk.12:32). ⧾ These are perhaps among the most tender words addressed to us by Our Lord. He speaks to us with kindness and by means of the parables that[…]
