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
(Dominic Savio’s feast in the usus antiquior is on the day of his death, March 9th. In the revision of the calendar, it’s been moved to today, May 6th, which here in Canada is the feast of our first bishop, Francois de Laval. So we will re-post our reflection on this nearly-youngest of canonized saints.[…]
Prayer for the election of the Sovereign Pontiff: I will raise Me up a faithful priest, who shall do according to My Heart and My soul. And I will build him a faithful house: and he shall walk all day before My Anointed. Let us pray. We most humbly entreat Thee, O Lord, that Thy[…]
As we were celebrating the Third Sunday of Easter, the Capuchin Order was commemorating in his burning love for Jesus and his Church the liturgical memorial of Blessed Thomas of Olera. This great and humble Capuchin who worked in the Tyrolese part of Austria passionately promoted the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus by[…]
Saint Joseph Cottolengo (1786 – 1842) signifies a life of total service to others. He was born the eldest of twelve children, into a comfortably well-off middle class family. He discerned a class to the priesthood, entered the seminary (eventually receiving a doctorate in theology), and was ordained a priest on June 8th, 1811. All[…]
I’m not sure why I’m just learning about this Party, whose policies are the precise opposite of the United ‘Church’. The United Party stands for freedom, life and true human rights. It’s an option, at least for one’s conscience.
As we are now in the Feast of the Divine Mercy, I am listening once again those powerful poetic words, which came from Pope St John Paul II, at the Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Łagiewniki in 2002: How greatly today’s world needs the mercy of God! In every continent, from the depth of human suffering, a[…]
As the 2025 federal election draws near, we’d like to encourage all Catholics to pray a Novena to St. Joseph, Canada’s patron saint since 1624. Let us pray for St. Joseph’s protection of our country, for good leadership and good governance, no matter what is decided on April 28th. The Novena will be begin on[…]
Today is – or would be, prescinding from this glorious week of Solemnities – the feast of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, (+1622) whose original name was Mark Rey: ‘Sigmaringen’ was his birthplace in what is now Germany, and he took the name ‘Fidelis’ – faithful – in religion, after he joined the Capuchins in the[…]
We are in the middle of Holy Week, the central week of our Christian faith, the Week of weeks. Pope Benedict, in his catechesis on the Holy Triduum of Easter, on Wednesday, 8 April 2009, gave us a convincing reason why this is so: Holy Week which for Christians is the most important week of the[…]
no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. (Rev 13:17) As a real-life follow up to our reflection on the rising algocracy – rule by algorithm – which goes along with a dictatorial bureaucracy, here is a recent troubling tale,[…]
