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
WOJTYLA INSTITUTE 2020: THE FOUR LAST THINGS The Wojtyla Summer Institute is moving online for 2020! This year’s theme is “The Four Last Things”, featuring live online lectures from Alex Schadenberg, Dr. John Gay, Dr. Christine Schintgen, John Paul Meenan and Scott Nicholson, as well as a free online public lecture from renowned author and artist[…]
Palestrina’s Missa Lauda Sion, from his setting of Mass for four voices, published in 1582: https://youtu.be/Uq4-BgseDrU And Antonio Vivaldi’s Lauda Jerusalem, composed in 1739:
Taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. (Mt. 14:19). ⧾ The healing of the sick and the miraculous feeding of the multitude prefigure the miracle that is the Mass[…]
The feast described by the prophet Isaiah in today’s first reading, with its “wine, milk and rich food,” was for the Jews a symbol of the messianic era in which Solomon’s kingdom would be re-established by the long-awaited Messiah.[1] This expectation points to something deeply rooted in the human psyche in the near-universal desire for[…]
Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her (Lk. 10: 42). ⧾ In Christian tradition Martha and Mary have been seen as a personification of the active and contemplative life. In truth, both aspects are necessary in the life of every Christian; work and prayer. We need to pray,[…]
(The following piece, if memory serves, was submitted and published by Carl Sundell a year or two ago, but I can find no record of it in our search engine. So here it is, a delightful and informative meditation on the great Hilaire Belloc, on the sesquicentennial of his birth on this day, in 1870).[…]
GREEK HAS A WORD FOR IT. That’s an expression that recognizes that there are subtle distinctions available in Greek that English lacks. For instance, Greek has two words for “blessed.” But in English we are forced to give the single word two senses. “Blessed” can mean “fortunate,” “by a lucky coincidence,” “serendipitous,” as when we[…]
How can you fight something you cannot see properly?—An Officer in Training with Canadian Armed Forces As Canada languishes in this protracted period of medical martial law, the Lord has provided us with an opportunity to reflect on our lives and what the future may hold for those who persist in ignoring Him and His[…]
An anthem by G.F. Handel, composed 1717-18, whose beginning strains echo those of the Messiah, but quickly gains its own flavour and personality – listen, and enjoy the richness of the baroque:
The modern mind is forced towards the future by a certain sense of fatigue, not unmixed with terror, with which it regards the past. It is propelled towards the coming time; it is, in the exact words of the popular phrase, knocked into the middle of next week. And the goad which drives it on[…]
