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
We here in the grand Dominion of Canada have passed some very bad laws of late, sadly during what should be an otherwise celebratory 150th anniversary year. There was the June 2016 legalization of euthanasia, making what once would have been fevered analogies to the early Nazi era now a bit too apt. Once you get[…]
Many members of the Millennial generation are strongly concerned with social justice. They are die-hard Democrats (or NDPers, in the Canadian context), and leftism is virtually their religion. To say that one supports Donald Trump is equivalent, for them, to saying that one worships the devil. Except that it’s worse, because they don’t believe in[…]
The British agnostic philosopher Bertrand Russell said he could not believe in Satan because the very notion of a devil was not even probable, and therefore not worth consideration. One has to wonder whether by this reasoning, if Einstein had regarded relativity as improbable (which it certainly was) rather than possible, relativity would ever have[…]
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them…” So quoted Malvolio in Shakespseare’s Twelfth Night (albeit as he read from a letter written by Maria, so, ironically, the great lines on greatness were not even his). History, along with current events, which will comprise much of future history, is much-ado about[…]
History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. – Mark Twain Si vis pacem, para bellum – If you want peace, prepare for war. This weekend marks the 83rd anniversary of the infamous “Night of the Long Knives” (sometimes referred to as Operation Hummingbird). Hitler has ascended to the position of Chancellor of Germany, and[…]
I would like to offer a reflection on the link between postmodernism and the state of our nation, its ruling government and the 23rd Prime Minister. Today, July 1, 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation. Should we be proud to be Canadians? Canadians have many things to be proud of, including the[…]
O God, who shall be like thee? Do not be silent, do not be restrained, O God (Ps. lxxxii). I admit that Shūsaku Endō’s Silence is enigmatic—rest assured that I will not be offering here a secret passage into solving its mystery. My objective, rather, is to offer a nuance to the reading (or viewing)[…]
Yes, the title and subtitle above taken from the Kids’ Bulletin website best describes a liturgy project that is being well received by parents, teachers, clergy, religious, and most important, the kids. The idea for the Kids’ Bulletin emerged in 2009 at a young children’s study group when Rose (Nolan) Langdon thought it would be[…]
Another summer weekend, another ‘gay pride’ parade, this one with our Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, replete with his whole family, along with the representatives of the other two subsidiary levels of government, Kathleen Wynne, provincial premiere, and John Tory, mayor of Toronto, all marching for what Trudeau claims are Canada’s values of ‘inclusivity’ and ‘tolerance’. […]
Nothing really changes much anymore. In contrast to popular assumptions, the pace of actual cultural innovation and renewal, even with regard to what undeservedly passed as such during the late 20th century, seems to have stalled, the flow having receded to a drip. And whatever actually emerges in the cultural sphere today is increasingly vapid[…]
