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
Besides being the memorial – or, as I like to think of it, the feast – of Saint Thomas Aquinas, this is also the rather ambiguous anniversary, back on this day in 1988, of the striking down of Pierre Trudeau’s 1969 abortion law by the Supreme Court. The Court deemed the law ‘unconstitutional’, but not[…]
APOSTOLIC PILGRIMAGE TO POLAND HOLY MASS AT THE CONCENTRATION CAMP HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II Auschwitz-Bierkenau, 7 June 1979 1. “This is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith” (1 Jn 5:4). These words from the Letter of Saint John come to my mind and enter my heart as I find myself[…]
For the message about the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God. (1 Cor. 1:18). ⧾ The Gospel reading records the beginning of Our Lord’s public ministry; the call of the first Apostles, the proclamation of the good news of the[…]
Since legalization in 2016, medical assistance in dying has become normalized, with too many doctors and nurses presenting it as a viable medical treatment. From my point of view as someone who works in healthcare, when people are staring at their mortality, besides the turmoil of emotions that accompany their inescapable fate, many more consider[…]
At the centre of Leftism is emptiness, a utopia at the heart of European civilization today and its only value is the complete repudiation of western culture. Totally destructive, totally negative. (Sir Roger Scruton 1944-2020) With recent developments on the euthanasia front, the picture in Canada has become ever more ominous. The latest out of[…]
Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! (Jn. 1:29). ⧾ This declaration made by John the Baptist and which we hear before the reception of Holy Communion at every Mass, is a succinct summary of the mission of the Messiah and the mission of the Church. As we[…]
(What follows is a prayer penned by Pope Saint John Paul II, which goes along with his longer meditation on unity between Catholics and what we might call the ‘Christian diaspora’, those corporate bodies that have drifted from the one, true Faith, see his 1995 encyclical Ut Unum Sint) To Our Lady for Christian Unity[…]
Today, the 19th of January and the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, marks the beginning of the Church unity octave, a week of prayer for the reunion of Christians—Protestant, Orthodox and Catholic. One doesn’t hear much about Church unity these days. I believe the reason for a decrease in interest is the fact that the[…]
Theresa of Avila wrote that “love is like a perfume-filled room.” Could it be that we can only describe such an ineffable concept using symbol and metaphor? It is often said that God is love. Indeed, the seemingly most straightforward answer we have to the question of what is God is found in 1 John[…]
