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
January 1st begins the new calendar year and it also brings to an end the celebration of the Christmas Octave with the celebration of the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God, a feast that celebrates the divine maternity of Blessed Virgin Mary. The coherence of these liturgical celebrations directs us to the ideal of[…]
The Italian sculptor and painter Michelangelo lived to be nearly ninety years old, fulfilling his own dictum: I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible. That in his own opinion he was of[…]
Arguably the most popular painting in the Western World is The Last Supper, and virtually every educated person knows that it was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. The precise electrifying moment of the meal is rendered as Jesus tells the Apostles that one of them will betray him, and they all glare at him and[…]
Two days after the Solemnity of Christmas, Mother Church celebrates the beautiful memorial of St John the Evangelist. Pope Benedict XVI, seeing the paramount importance the Fourth Evangelist has, he wisely dedicated to him some three catechesis. It is interesting to note that these three catechesis delineate some particular aspect which is deeply connected with this[…]
(Here is the Christmas address of Pope Saint John Paul II, from way back in 2002, and the needs for which he prayed eighteen years ago are much the same now as then; in fact, they are much the same as, say, 419 or 719, 1319 or 2024 anno Domini – the Middle East, Holy[…]
A festive, rousing motet for this Christmas Day – or twelve days – by William Byrd, composed in 1591, here performed by the incomparable Voces8. Haec dies quam fecit Dominus: exultemus et laetemur in ea, alleluia. This is the day which the Lord hath made: let us be glad and rejoice therein. Alleluia. Indeed. Christus[…]
(December 24th, Christmas Eve, is the traditional commemoration of the ‘ancestors of Christ’, in particular Adam and Eve, whom we recall on this day, as we make last-minute preparations for the birth of the new Adam, the sinless One, Who takes away all our sins. Here is a reprise of Mike Schramm’s recent article on[…]
There is no shortage of nonsensical ideas circulating throughout both the web on social media and in the mainstream media, much of which does not have any logical basis, or credible historical or scientific evidence. The Contextual Backdrop In the case of social media, there has been the resurgence of what is known as “flat[…]
(Father Marco Testa was planning to submit this reflection back on December 8th, but due to technical difficulties, the article could only be sent along now. Since we turn our attention in these last days of Advent, and over Christmas, to the Blessed Virgin, we thought, well, a meditation on the Our Lady being preserved[…]
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Hall Wednesday, 22 December 2010 Dear Brothers and Sisters, With this last Audience before the Christmas celebrations, we approach with trepidation and wonder the “place” where for us and for our salvation everything began, everything found fulfilment, where the expectations of the world and of the human heart[…]
