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
Today, the Friday before Good Friday, in Malta and Gozo is celebrated the devotion of Our Lady of Sorrows. Today, all Malta and Gozo stand in silence before the image of the Pieta, Mary with her Son Jesus dead in her hands. Many are those who today feel the call to go to Mass, confession[…]
The Riddle of the Tongue Stones: How Blessed Nicolas Steno Uncovered the Hidden History of the Earth – Thomas Salerno (2024), Word on Fire Votive While many of us might appreciate the impact that Catholics have had on the history of science or the intrinsic common goal that faith and science have in seeking the[…]
In the fifth of a series of voters’ guides for conscience-informed Catholics, Matthew Marquardt notes that abortion and medical non-culpable homicide are leading causes of death for Canadians – yet politicians refuse to discuss them. Why are Catholics so obsessed about abortion? And euthanasia? There are many other evils we could concern ourselves with.[…]
(Pius XII warned in 1946 that the worst sin of the twentieth century was the loss of the sense of sin. In Sunday’s Gospel, Christ challenges and rebukes the hypocritical Pharisees so unaware of their own sins, and offered mercy to the woman caught in adultery. Yet He told her – as He told so[…]
‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus’ (Jn. 12:20). The veiled statues and images in our churches indicate that we have entered into Passiontide. Next Sunday, Palm Sunday, in the reading of the Lord’s Passion we will hear that at Our Lord’s death, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom[…]
I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord (Phil. 3:8). ⧾ Our Gospel reading today is taken from the Gospel of St. John. For John, life begins when one meets Jesus; and for this reason, one of the major interests of this evangelist is to lead the[…]
Saint Vincent Ferrer (+1419), whose commemoration is on this April 5th, was a fiery, intense, highly intelligent Dominican missionary, who travelled the length and breadth of Europe preaching to and converting untold thousands, counselling kings and potentates, and embroiled in the controversies of the day. When he was born, his mother experienced no pain, and[…]
Today, Friday 4 April 2025, at Valletta, the capital city of Malta, there is the procession with the Ta’ Ġieżu Crucifix. This famous and miraculous Crucifix, which is at the Franciscan Church of St Mary of Jesus (Ta’ Ġieżu) in Valletta, has a long history. Essentially, this Crucifix is a mid-17th century sculpture which fills[…]
A friend of mine, Anton Casta, is working on a biography on his own father whose name he shares. Anton Sr. lived a dramatic life in the midst of Communist Slovakia, from surviving prison, torture, daring escapes, all the while keeping his Faith, which saw him through. Check out a glimpse of Anton’s gripping story[…]
(Pope Saint John Paul II had a great devotion to Saint Andrew Bobola, and venerated his relics – fitting on this twentieth anniversary of the death of the great pontiff that we meditate with Australian contributor, Paul Suski, on one of Poland’s patrons. Editor). “On one occasion, I saw the throne of the Lamb of[…]
