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
As Jesus was being interrogated by the High Priest, His disciples had been scattered. Only two remained to follow Him. The first was St. John the Evangelist. The other was St. Peter. When they arrived at the High Priest’s house, St. John entered, while Peter waited outside by a fire. When pressured about his identity[…]
Sermon by Rev. Msgr. Vincent Nicholas Foy (August 14, 1915 – March 13, 2017), preached at St. Francis of Assisi church in Toronto on Holy Thursday, April 6, 1950 Part 1: Monuments to Men Men, my dear brethren, when they wish some event or some person to be remembered, erect a monument to that event[…]
During the long and momentous papacy of Pope St John Paul II, it was customary for the Holy Father to write a yearly letter to us priests today, as we are celebrating Maundy Thursday when Jesus instituted the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist and Holy Orders; these letters still speak to us, particularly today as[…]
LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II TO ALL THE PRIESTS ON THE OCCASION OF HOLY THURSDAY 1979 Dear Brother Priests, For you I am a Bishop, with you I am a Priest AT THE BEGINNING of my new ministry in the Church, I feel the deep need to speak to you, to all[…]
(Here is Pope Benedict’s homily for April 5th, 2012, for the Mass of the Last Supper…one year before he made his own ‘exodus’ from the papacy, and, now, into eternity. We continue to pray for his soul, for the priesthood, for the Church, not least in this Solemn Triduum.) MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER HOMILY[…]
Lent is a fitting time for Christians to re-evaluate some of the essentials that are often taken for granted in the faith. Catholics are called to re-engage with our spiritual lives by focusing our prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Parishes offer extended times for confession alongside a dedicated service. Catechumens and other OCIA candidates begin their[…]
According to St. Thomas Aquinas, “The most hopeful people in the world are the young and the drunk. The first because they have little experience of failures, and the second because they have succeeded in drowning theirs.” Hope is the least talked about and most constant of all virtues. There is not a day passes[…]
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548 – 1611) composed this motet of lament sometime before 1585, when it was published. The text, below, is taken from Job 16:17; Lamentations 1:12, 16, and provides fitting music as we celebrate this Palm Sunday, and enter Holy Week. Our Schola Cantorum here at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College[…]
While the sun’s light failed…the curtain of the temple was torn in two (Lk.23:45). Palm Sunday begins our observance of Holy Week, the Week of Salvation. The reading of Our Lord’s Passion places us at the foot of the cross with Our Lady and Our Lord’s most faithful disciples. In them we recognise the first[…]
Last year on Palm Sunday we heard the passion from Saint Mark’s Gospel, and next year it will be from Saint Matthew. Each is different in detail from the other, and that holds for this year too, as we listen to Saint Luke’s account. Typically, Luke emphasizes the compassion of Jesus as when he prayed[…]
