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
There are different views of the evolving situation before us, but here is some food for thought from one perspective from Father Nix, who is in the canonical process of becoming a hermit. What you can do: 1) Decide when you are going to stop social distancing. This decision is up to you, not to the government or CNN.[…]
Not much is known of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, except that they were martyrs, likely put to death by beheading at the 12th milestone on the Via Aurelia outside of Rome, in the persecution of Diocletian in 304, and that their executioner, Dorotheus, according to the later Pope Damasus I (+384), went on to convert[…]
We celebrate today the memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church, as mentioned, made official by Pope Paul VI in 1964. During the Council, there was debate whether to have a separate document on Our Lady, but the decision was made by the Fathers (by a narrow margin, to be sure, of forty votes, one of[…]
The Catholic School Board of Waterloo was going to fly a flag in solidarity – so to speak – with ‘Pride Month’. The emblem showed stick figures of different rainbow colours, in front of a stick figure Christ – blessing them all with open arms, with the Scriptural-esque verses ‘we are all wonderfully made’, and[…]
Pope Emeritus Benedict wrote a brief reflection on the hundredth anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s birth, which is well worth a read, as a reflection of a friend, upon a beloved friend. In the light of today’s saint Bede, we may ponder Benedict’s thoughts on what history will ultimately think of the Polish Pope[…]
As Thomas More and Pope John Paul II both say, all suffering is a form of punishment, but one that is – and should be – medicinal and rehabilitative. God sends us calamities, disease, pandemics and death so that we might be converted from the ways of darkness, before ’tis too late. Andrew Cuomo and[…]
Here is the conclusion of some remarks Robert Cardinal Sarah recently made, in light of the Church and society’s response to the pandemic, words which we should all take to heart, not least as we meditate on Christ teaching us that His kingdom – nor our own ultimatel life – is not of this world:[…]
Anne Boleyn lost her head on this fine spring day in May, 1536, put to death by the decree of her own quasi-husband, Henry VIII – I say, ‘quasi’, since Henry’s legitimate wife, Catherine of Aragon, was still very much alive when Henry married Anne in a secret ceremony of November 1532. Henry was at[…]
Today marks the anniversary in 1565 of the glorious resistance of the Christians to the siege of Malta by the overwhelming invading Ottoman Turks. For anyone seeking a taste of what the ‘Crusades’ were about, read over this article, which gives some idea of what was at stake. The battle for the Mediterranean – and[…]
