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
So you, O son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel’ (Ez. 33:7). This mission given by the Lord God to the Prophet Ezekiel is in turn, the task of those charged with oversight in the Church, the New Israel of God; bishops most certainly and priests no less who[…]
We live in slothful times. I don’t mean to say that our age is uniquely lazy, however common indolence may happen to be. Modern man can be lazy, of course, but he can, maybe even more often, commit himself to incessant activity, too. There may be ground to criticize the person who claims that he’ll[…]
Life begins, and life end ends. As Christians we hold dear the inherent dignity of that life for its entirety—from its beginning at conception to its natural conclusion. And while we hope death will not come too soon, we know that as St. Francis Sales put it, God will harvest everything in its season. In[…]
A visit to Rome prompts the author to reflect upon his own journey to Catholicism. It was not rational argument that shipwrecked the mind as much as a growing recognition of something lost long ago: something that now somehow satisfies the universal desire to both remember and be remembered, to consoled as to be consoled.[…]
St. Augustine’s legacy has fared so well not just because of his personal holiness and scholarly genius, but also because of the great ease with which he expressed profound thoughts. His aphoristic style of writing compares favorably with Newman or Chesterton. Here are some examples: “God is always trying to give good things to us,[…]
Who do people say that the Son of Man is’? (Mt. 16:16) ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God’ (Mt. 16:16). St. Peter’s definitive response to Our Lord’s question is the foundation of the Christian faith; and it is no less the foundation of the Church’s life and mission. Christians are so[…]
On August 26th, the Church celebrates with great joy the feast of Our Lady of Częstochowa. This feast has a long history which is connected to an old icon representing the Blessed Virgin Mary who is standing with child Jesus in her arms. The famous image measures 47.6 inches by 32 inches and 1,37 inches[…]
Heresy and Suspicion of Heresy: An Analysis Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….. 2 Definition of “Heresy”…………………………………………………………………… 3 The Principles and Early Use of the Canonical Term “Suspicion of Heresy”……………………………………………………………………………………….. 9 The Use of the Term “Suspicion of Heresy” in the 1917 Code of Canon Law and its Disappearance…………………………………………………………… 15 Conclusive Considerations…………………………………………………………… 19 Selected Bibliography………………………………………………………………….. 21 […]
The 22nd of August in the liturgical calendar features the liturgical of the Queenship of Mary. In this day and age, where monarchical titles seem out of fashion and something of the distant past, what sense can we have when we refer to the Queenship of Mary? The encyclical of Pope Pius XII on proclaiming[…]
Appeals for freedom, justice and mercy are commonplace. All seems right. We impulsively acknowledge and defend them undisputedly. But, in the spirit of modern revisionism these core principles have been stealthily expropriated and deceptively portrayed How is this happening? We answer the call-out for democracy, social cohesion and even planetary salvation as if to a[…]
