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
“The Church needs to promote apologetics, which is aimed at affirming the truth of Christian revelation, the harmony of faith and reason, and a sound understanding of freedom.” Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict’s remark is immensely relevant to our time. The question might well be raised: since the intellectual assault on religion has been chronic[…]
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote much else besides Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit – he was an Oxford scholar, with many articles and essays and, of course, poems, including one on today’s saint, Brendan the Navigator. We present here the first stanza: At last out of the deep seas he passed, and mist rolled on[…]
Intriguing to see the then-Father Robert Prevost, as Prior of the Augustinians, now Pope Leo XIV, play a brief part in this documentary on Pope Benedict XVI. We never know quite what the future holds, and how history may converge. Our God and His providence are mysterious. Certainly, as the future Pope exhorts, we must[…]
On this propitious 13th day of May, we should also commemorate Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, a feast propagated by the saint of the Blessed Sacrament, Peter Julian Eymard. In a vision on February 2nd, 1851 – the Presentation of the Lord and Purification of Our Lady – the Blessed Virgin appeared to[…]
No, these are not patron saints of the immigration enforcement branch of the U.S., but rather four saints who by tradition welcome in warmer weather in the spring, Saints Mamertus, St. Pancras, St. Servatius and Saint Boniface of Tarsus. We may add also in our new calendar Saints Matthias and Ignatius of Laconi. It was commonly[…]
Today we commemorate the early martyrs Nereus and Achilleus, eunuchs and chamberlains of the court, and eventual converts to Christianity, who were put to death under Emperor Domitian in the late first century, about the time of the death of Saint John the Apostle. (Saint Paul mentions a ‘Nereus’ in Romans 16:15), and buried in[…]
(A blessed Fourth Sunday of Easter to all our readers! Here is Pope Leo XIV’s address to the cardinals who elected him. Towards the end, he offers a few hints on why he chose the name Leo, following in the footsteps and example of the last holder of that name, who also lived in his[…]
The new Holy Father offered his first homily this morning, to the College of Cardinals, and it’s very good – Christological, evangelical, with a strong message of where we stand as Catholics, against the secular mindset of the world. The Pope echoed something I have thought for a long time, that the central question, that[…]
We don’t know much of what goes on in a conclave, but we do know the times of the voting, and it wouldn’t hurt to pray round about then, for the grace of the Holy Spirit to enlighten the electors: They are, all in EST, 4:30 am, 6 am, 11:30 am and 1 pm. Of[…]
Not too much is known of Saint John of Beverley, who died on this May 7th in 721, and whose birthdate is uncertain. He was one of the most learned men of his age, and amongst his numerous students was none other than Saint Bede the Venerable, whom he ordained. John, an excellent preacher and[…]
