A Meditation for Lent
Jewish rabbis have a useful word to describe the attitude of a believer to Sacred Scripture. The word is mashal, and it is used...
Conscience protection and why it matters
According to the latest data from Statistics Canada, 2,614 Canadians chose death by euthanasia or physician assisted suicide between January and October, 2018. This...
General Audience on Saint Robert Bellarmine
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Born on 4 October 1542 in Montepulciano near Siena, he was...
G.K. Chesterton as Catholic Apologist
G.K. Chesterton is known as the most often quoted of any writer . . . and the least often read. Itâs easy to see...
Why Holy Saturday?
Holy Saturday is the day in-between Good Friday and the Easter Vigil, when the Church is silent, bells go quiet, Churches are stripped and...
Parents Take Note: Recent FDA Ruling Means Minors Will be Able to Pick up...
(Even in Canada, ahead of the curve into the descent into amorality in so many other ways, you at least still need a prescription...
Learning Death from History
Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.Â
So declared the famed historian George Santayana in 1863, and there is a...
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Since you are children of God, God has sent into your hearts the Spirit of His Son, the Spirit who cries out: Abba, Father....
The Fathers of the Church and the Power of our Baptism Â
The Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, which falls the Sunday after the Epiphany Sunday, officially ends the liturgical Christmas season.
There are some...
Sloth and the Vagabond Mind
(by Father Scott Murray)
A few days ago, I joined a high school class discussing âdigital footprintsâ. The teacher asked them to list some âconsâ of...
