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
I just discovered this morning, after my reflections on Olympic modesty, that today is the memorial of Blessed Jacinta Marto, one of the Fatima visionaries, who died on February 20th in 1920 of the Spanish influenza. It was Jacinta who warned that in the future (from her perspective) “certain fashions would be introduced that would[…]
How does the Devil enter a soul? Obviously through grave sin, but many commit such sins and don’t seem to be overtly possessed, or commit heinous crimes, like the tragedy on Ash Wednesday. I wonder what went on in the soul of the shooter in the Florida massacre, whose fame I will not increase by[…]
A blessed Ash Wednesday to all, as we begin the journey of Lent through the traditional practices of almsgiving, fasting and prayer, not always listed in that order, but one which signifies their purpose, in terms of our own growth in virtue and holiness: Almsgiving detaches us from our external goods, money, possessions, time. Fasting[…]
A blessed feast of the Presentation, also called Candlemas, celebrating the dedication of the child Jesus in the Temple, the purification of Our Lady after her childbirth, and the beginning of Christ’s mission as a light unto the Gentiles, the salvation of the whole human race. For some musical devotion, I would highly recommend two[…]
You have to love conversion stories, from the very real Saul on that road to Damascus, to the fictional Scrooge on a Dickensian Christmas morning, all the way to the stories of ‘Jane Roe’ and Bernard Nathanson, of which I wrote a few days ago, and so many countless others. They warm the heart, and[…]
In the midst of all our other problems, Canada is now pondering reinstating the authoritarian internet hate-speech law, C-13, which as the article states, ‘made it a discriminatory practice to convey messages over the phone or internet that contain “any matter that is likely to expose a person or persons to hatred or contempt,” as[…]
Pope Fabian (+250) was put to death on this day in the persecution of Emperor Decius, for refusing to offer idolatrous sacrifice, and this after a rather long reign of 14 years characterized by its rather amicable relations with Caesar, which allowed the good Pontiff to set up the hierarchical structure of the Church in[…]
So the infamous cutting of the hijab never happened. You may have heard: An eleven year old female Muslim student, supposedly minding her own business on her way to school, claimed some man sneaked up behind her to snatch a snippet from the cloth of her face covering, laughing all the while. The horror! The[…]
In response to a town-hall question during his cross-Canada tour, Prime Minister Trudeau doubled down on the controversial abortion attestation box on the application for government funding for student summer job grants, requiring applicants to testify in an explicit way their support for ‘reproductive rights’, including a woman’s free and untrammeled access to abortion. When[…]
Saint John Nepomucene (+1393) is by tradition, or some say by legend (but the two overlap, do they not, for every legend has its roots in a tradition) is the first and most famous martyr of the seal of the confessional. A confessor to the queen, he refused to divulge her sins to the king,[…]
