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
We could use a few more men with the clear mind and soul of Robert Bellarmine (+1621), bishop, cardinal, doctor of the Church, Jesuit, back in the days when the Order was young and, shall we say, more united in the truth. Bellarmine was one of the most influential figures in what has unfortunately been[…]
Our Lady of Sorrows is a fitting memorial at this time in the Church’s history which, to put things in rather banal terms, is interesting, during which times, as the Chinese proverb has it, one is fortunate to live. At the very least, it makes things, well, interesting. One is not sure what to make[…]
Saint John Chrysostom (+407), an ascetic and contemplative monk who wanted only to retreat from the turmoil of life in the Eastern empire, was chosen first as a priest in Antioch, where he became renowned for his eloquent yet forthright and clear preaching (hence, his ‘surname’, Chrysostom, ‘golden mouth’). In 397, without his knowledge or[…]
September 12th commemorates the Battle of Vienna, the great victory in 1683 of the Christians armies, led by Jan Sobieski, against the Ottoman Turks who were determined to conquer the Austrian city, the gateway to the rest of Europe. Against overwhelming odds, the vastly outnumbered Polish, along with forces from Saxony, Franconia, Swabia, Baden and[…]
The memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, this year also happens to be Labour Day, which can be traced back, in Canada, to 1872, and a parade in Toronto for ‘typographical workers’, which sounds sort of odd to our ears accustomed to smartphones and MS-Word, but refers rather to workers setting the heavy, metal ‘type’[…]
Father Scott Murray has an article from the mind and heart of a young priest, newly appointed a pastor, and what motivates him in his vocation. God chose him, and he accepted, in freedom and in truth. The vast majority of priests are good and well-intentioned, and we should, nay, we must, support them and[…]
A blessed memorial of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, recounted in all three of the synoptic Gospels. His martyrdom was at the request of the alluring daughter of Salome, Saint Jean-Marie Vianney would often allude to this account in his condemnation of ‘dancing’, that the price of a lust may well be someone’s head.[…]
A blessed memorial of King Saint Louis IX (+1270), on whom I hope to post a few words, as this is the anniversary of my baptism, an event, as either Pope John Paul or Benedict pointed out at one point, more significant than one’s birth, the whole physical versus spiritual regeneration, grace building on nature,[…]
Saint Rose of Lima (+1617) was a consecrated virgin, and the first native-born canonized saint of the Americas. She was renowned during her lifetime for her generosity and charity, flowing from a life of self-denial and asceticism and prayer. Although beautiful and desired, she from the earliest age renounced any thought of marriage, cutting her[…]
Back in June of this year, I wrote a piece on the travails of Trinity Western University, and how they had been refused accreditation for a law degree based on their ‘covenant policy’, to which all students must agree, that they will refrain from sexual activity except that within a lawful marriage (that is, between[…]
