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
(Some may not agree with all of Dr. Alexander Lozano’s conclusions, but his analysis of the issue of ensoulment and cloning is certainly an intriguing one, with the distinctions he raises making us think more deeply about the beautiful and mysterious creation of each, unique human being, as an interplay between God, man and woman,[…]
He looked at the dandelions and crickets and realized that he was gigantic. We are too fond of reckoning by mountains, every object is infinitely vast as well as infinitely small. He stretched himself like one crucified in an uncontainable greatness. “Oh God, who hast made me and all things, hear four songs of praise. One[…]
On Sunday 13 2021 the universal Church, and particularly, the Franciscan Order, celebrate with great joy the feast of St Anthony of Padua. In the words of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, during his weekly catechesis on this saint, delivered on 10 February 2010, St Anthony “is one of the most popular Saints in the whole Catholic[…]
If the Lord never tires to forgive it is because His heart is never tired from loving us, poor sinners. In fact, God’s love in the heart of Jesus simply imparts to our hearts its inexhaustible love. The Sacred Heart of Jesus’ inexhaustible love is hidden knowledge coupled with wisdom. In his homily for the[…]
This is a question that I find myself pondering with some regularity, but for the last few years during the month of June – I cannot seem to escape it. The formerly oppressed minority in the interminably increasing alphabet soup of sexual and gender identities and now a host of social justice causes among the[…]
“To vaccinate or not to vaccinate, that is the question”, soliloquised Piglet, “since all vaccines are equal, but some vaccines are more equal than others” – poetic licence applied with apologies to William Shakespeare and George Orwell. Introduction Smallpox is a virulent infectious vesicular disease. Vesicular and pox in that it causes eruptions on the[…]
(Eshan Dias’ explanation of the process of testing for Covid-19 uses some scientific terminology, but well worth a read for understanding how the PCR test works – or doesn’t, as the case may be – and the disproportionate response that has upended the world. We will follow up soon with a sequel on the vaccine)[…]
Simple facts can often be significant . . . and often unadverted to. Consider the Last Supper. Obviously, the Apostles had to be present in order to participate in it. Wonderful as it was, it would have been of no benefit to Peter if he had decided not to attend. And yet, this trivial observation[…]
One of the most beautiful ways that the Holy Spirit teaches me to think about the Eucharist is that of pondering upon its immense spiritual richness. This thought makes perfect sense because the Eucharist, the Sacrament of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, instructs us by its very presence how we should be[…]
From Tomás Luis de Victoria, his motet in praise of the Holy Eucharist, from 1585, in an era when the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was suppressed throughout Europe, falling into the errors of Protestantism. But beauty is one of the best ways of reminding us of the truth of what Christ has left us[…]
