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 Good Shepherd has risen, who laid down His life for His sheep and willingly died for his flock (Communion Antiphon). Today is Good Shepherd Sunday and the sacred liturgy invites us to contemplate Christ the Good Shepherd who leads us and guides us to the fullness of life. I came that they may have[…]
Has any one of you ever been a shepherd? or even seen one? Do shepherds exist in contemporary North America? Nevertheless, we know instinctively that when Jesus uses the image of a shepherd, he is expressing his loving concern for his “sheep,” i.e., his followers. You might well ask, therefore, why he did not simply[…]
As the recent addition to our lexicon, COVID-19, rolls off the tongues, and streams off the texts of so many throughout the world these last few weeks, I am personally reminded of the thing which seems to be the source of so much panic and pandemonium: death. But, unlike the invisible and worrisome COVID-19, death[…]
Easter-day xxiv Pharmuthi; xiii Kal. Mai; ‘ra Dioclet. 46; Coss. Gallicianus, Valerius Symmachus; Proefect, Magninianus; Indict. iii. AGAIN, my brethren, is Easter come and gladness; again the Lord hath brought us to this season; so that when, according to custom, we have been nourished with His words, we may duly keep the feast. Let us[…]
On the Memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker, fittingly the first day of the month dedicated to his spouse, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Bishops of Canada are consecrating Canada to Our Lady, in time of pandemic. What follows is the text of the consecration, should you choose to follow along. Cardinal Collins is praying[…]
(In light of the memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, who was a third-order Dominican, readers may enjoy these reflections from John Baldio, on the ‘secular order’ of the Franciscans, laypeople who live and work in the ‘world’, while living out the ideals of the poor man of Assisi, as best they might. Editor) Let[…]
In this time where the schools are shut down, business is shut down, we are living off of government handouts, Churches are closed indefinitely, we are excluded from the Holy Mass, told by the State that we can’t socialize and are wondering what will come next or when will this end, it is the role[…]
On April 13, Forbes magazine published a piece titled: “What Do Countries With The Best Coronavirus Responses Have In Common? Women Leaders” which was written by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox. Avivah is a feminist who in recent years has made it her life’s mission to promote gender equality or what can be referred to as equality of[…]
“Have this mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus” St. Paul wrote to the Philippians. I dare say that most Christians have no idea what this entails. Our minds do not simply borrow noble ideas from the teaching of Christ and adopt them as our own. Rather, we each need a new mind —[…]
Asked if he had ever asked God, in the words of Christ on the cross, “Why have you forsaken me?” Cardinal Pell responded “No …But I have said ‘My God, my God, what are you up to?’” When George Cardinal Pell was acquitted in an Australian High Court during Holy Week, many regarded this decision[…]
