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
Pope Francis has asked all Christians to recite the Our Father with him at noon, Rome time, which means 7 a.m. EST, for most of our readers. Also, the Holy Father is offering an Urbi et Orbi address at noon, Rome time, followed by Benediction (which is 7 p.m., EST, for most of our readers[…]
Catholics in many regions – more or less all of Canada – can no longer attend Mass, or receive Holy Communion, with few exceptions. There are certain ‘private’ Masses being said, with some permitted in attendance, in religious houses, for example, monasteries, convents and such. And we may hope that every parish priest is still[…]
‘Tis not easy at a time like this to think rationally – for the world is entering a rather uncertain phase of history, to put it uncertainly, with God truly seeming to write straight with crooked lines. But here are some thoughts and suggestions, for what they are worth, which may help with your own[…]
The headlines read like something out of an apocalyptic novel, written, say, a decade or so ago: Trudeau’s son elected Prime Minister and foists death-on-demand upon a dominion, only to be ravaged by a deadly plague: Every sports league shuts down, the NBA, MLB and, gasp, Canadian’s own beloved NHL. Churches in Rome and across[…]
To help begin your journey through these forty days and forty nights, delve into Allegri’s unmatched masterpiece Miserere mei, Deus, composed in the 1630’s under the reign of Pope Urban VIII, around the time of Galileo’s infamous trial; make of that what you will. Below that, we have Bach’s transcendent Saint Matthew’s Passion, composed almost exactly[…]
Napoleon once quipped that men live by imagination – by which, we may surmise, he meant that they live more in the future than the present, of what may yet be, instead of what is. The two ways we as wayfaring humans in a fragile landscape are by the passions of hope and fear: We[…]
Saint Casimir died young – as the good are wont to do – entering eternity, after a battle with tuberculosis, on this day, March 4th, 1484, at the tender age of 25. He was a Polish prince and heir apparent, but forewent the glories of the world, devoting his life more to God and His[…]
I’m not sure if that anti-rape dancing video we posted recently was a parody, but the influx of migrants does not seem to be. The Camp of the Saints, which was a parodic novel, which has nearly reached its fifth decade, instead seems prescient, as Erdogan promises to allow ‘millions’ of migrants pour into Europe[…]
A grace-filled First Sunday of Lent – to all our readers, and we hope you enjoy the Lenten reflections. As well, a joyous Leap Year to one and all, the only time when, in Ireland, so custom goes, a woman may propose to a man, a custom that may soon be outlawed in our transgendered[…]
What more need be said, for the visuals speak a thousand words? Vanguards of police standing mutely and idly by, while ‘protesters’ – armed terrorists, more to the point – light fires on public train tracks, blocking trains, and even, it seems, trying to set them alight: WATCH: Anti-pipeline protestors are resorting to extreme lengths,[…]
