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
(From a few years ago, but still very relevant…) Ed. Devotion to St. Joseph has deep roots in Canada. Of course we are familiar with the legion of spectacular miracles worked by St. Joseph through Brother Andre at the Oratory in Montreal. But the hand of Joseph has been blessing our land from the very[…]
(Father Robert Weaver makes an intriguing analogy here, in the theme of not accepting ‘who we are’ before God, whether that be a different race, or sex, or, we may add, any other essential aspect of ourselves with which we are meant to live, and which will lead to our perfection and holiness. To be[…]
As mentioned previously, a concerned parent, and former teacher, L.J. Helferty, gave an address a couple of weeks ago to the Renfrew School Board, in response to the ‘transgender’ policies that have been put in place, that boys who think they are girls – or even say so – may use the girls’ washrooms and[…]
For our Sunday musical offering this week, we present William Byrd’s sublime setting of the Lenten motet Ne Irascaris Domine, in four parts, first published in 1589. The text is taken from Isaiah 64:10, lamenting the desolation of Jerusalem after the exile, a allegory of the state of the soul – and the state –[…]
As we journey through the beautiful season of Lent the Church has provided us with some magnificent Gospel readings. In the First Sunday of Lent our Gospel is from Matthew (4.1-11) and we hear about Jesus going out into the wilderness. After fasting for 40 days and 40 nights, Jesus was tempted by Satan to[…]
I was in Desmond’s Hip City. Delroy Wilson’s musty Dancing Mood posters strewn underfoot. Party for the End of the World slapped on the hoarding, made from cut and paste hysteria. Hunger strikes and tribal clashes, clashes luridly with magical runes graffiti. Ruins a dancing mood for a spellbound stargazer like me. Harald Bluetooth,[…]
In January, Cardinal Robert McElroy, one of the most recent Bishops elevated to the cardinalate by Pope Francis, published quite a controversial article in the Jesuit-run America magazine, which quickly inflamed ecclesiastical circles. After receiving countless criticisms, he decided to publish his respondeo, which was supposed to bring some clarification. No need to say, that[…]
And He was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white (Mt. 17:2). On the second Sunday in Lent we always read the Gospel of the Transfiguration of Our Lord. We do so in order that our focus may be directed towards the glory of Easter and[…]
Sometime contributor to these pages, Rebecca Jacobson – and her own Mum – have a delightful and quite lovely blog, lovingyourhome, which is well worth checking out: reflections, remedies, wisdom and good advice for around the house – and the crisp, lovely photos add to the ambiance. In the most recent post, you can learn[…]
“It is gravely unjust to enact laws that legalize euthanasia or justify and support suicide, invoking the false right to choose a death improperly characterized as respectable only because it is chosen. Such laws strike at the foundation of the legal order: the right to life sustains all other rights, including the exercise of freedom.[…]
