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
The book of Wisdom, which we begin reading today, is based on the insight that wisdom is different from knowledge. Anyone with brains can know something, but not everyone can be wise. If you study medicine, for instance, or mathematics, you can learn about the functioning of the human body or the intricacies of differential[…]
In my last article which I wrote for Catholic Insight, I noted the significance of Saint Joseph’s title of Virginal Father and its merits over the title of Foster Father.[1] In this article, I would like to note and explain the importance of a still more excellent title to describe the paternity or fatherhood of[…]
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[…]
Today, Thursday 4 November 2021, is the feast of the great North Italian saint, St Charles Borromeo. One biographer aptly described him as always clear and precise in his views, firm in his demeanor, and constant in the execution of his projects. If the saints are God’s reply for His Church and world at a particular[…]
In the solemnity of All Saints Day we are reminded that we too can become holy. Holiness must be our existential target. In fact, if we miss this goal our lives would be an utter disaster, so much so that our fate may well be perdition. But I am rather certain that no one wants[…]
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[…]
Let us all rejoice in the Lord, as we celebrate the feast day in honour of all the Saints, at whose festival the Angels rejoice and praise the Son of God (Entrance Antiphon).⧾ Today we celebrate the glorious Feast of All Saints and the sacred liturgy directs our gaze to the Heavenly Jerusalem, our ultimate[…]
‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one’ (Mk. 12:29). ⧾ The Gospel of the Mass today contains what we Christians call the Great Commandment: ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind, and with all your strength. You[…]
(This is one instalment of a four-part series on the human embryo by Dr. Eshan Dias. We are posting the third part of the series here below, which sums up his main argument. The other three section are more technical, with scientific language, and may appeal to those so inclined. There is much that is[…]
