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
Irving Babbitt (1865-1933) was a literary critic and co-founder with Paul Elmer More of an early 20th century movement called the New Humanism. Babbitt was hugely influential in shaping the conservative values of T.S. Eliot, Russell Kirk, and many others. Though very popular for a time, he was the favorite target of many liberals. Babbitt’s[…]
This ‘Urbi et Orbi’ (to the city and to the world) address of Pope Saint John Paul II from 2002 has lost none of its significance. The world fifteen years on is much the same as it was back then, if we can think of the beginning of the millennium as ‘back then’. May the[…]
A very merry, blessed and joyous Christmas to all our readers, which we hope is filled with God’s grace and good cheer. Someone sent me this morning these words from Scott Hahn, which are worth reflecting on as we celebrate and rejoice with what families we have, or are part of, wherever you may be,[…]
(One might have different views on the Santa legend, and whether or not to present (no pun intended) this story to children, as literal truth, as a myth, as an archetype of at least some of what ‘Christmas’ means. What follows is one take. One may also ponder this article defending the Santa story, linked[…]
In this last week of Advent, there are two saints, oft overlooked, celebrated in a muted way each year: Peter Canisius (1521 – 1597), a Dutch Jesuit who traversed thousands of miles across Europe in his ministry, and John of Cantius (1390 – 1473), a Polish priest and professor at the University of Krakow. They[…]
Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704), bishop of Meaux, lived in a time shortly after the Reformation. A bishop of much lustre, Bossuet frequented Versailles, preaching before court and king, was tutor to the Dauphin, and even held correspondence with such a philosophical giant as Leibniz for a time. His oratorical skills have been ranked ahead of[…]
Speaking to her beloved Romeo, Juliet says, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet.” In this famous Shakespearean line, Juliet poetically testifies to the conventionality of human names. That is, human words, whether written or spoken, signify what they signify thanks to our common[…]
“1917 was the Balfour Declaration establishing Israel for the nations, 2017 was Trump’s declaration.” Yakov Hayman, chairman of the United Temple Movement It’s been a year of important centennials commemorating that watershed year 1917. A year marking Fatima, the Russian Revolution and the Balfour Declaration – the latter of which has been[…]
We celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe today, a commemoration elevated to a feast on the eve of the Third Millennium by Pope John Paul II, who also declared her patroness of all of ‘America’, south, central, and north, a vast expanse of land from the Arctic circle to Tierra del Fuego jutting towards Antarctica. Appearing[…]
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of the most unique of all Catholic dogmas, not only theologically and historically, but also socially and psychologically. The dogma’s wide-spread application reaches far beyond mere dry theological formulas as it affects the deepest human beliefs and sentiments. Since its theology encompasses the essence of[…]
