Weekly Insight
Fourteenth Sunday: Following Christ, Meek and Humble of Heart
âCome to me all you that are weary and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in...
Saint Anthony Zaccaria
Saint Anthony Zaccaria (+1539), from noble lineage in late-renaissance Italy, was born in Rome in 1502, on the cusp of the Protestant revolt against the Catholic Church. But the mayhem at this point was mostly...
Respondeo: Why Does the SSPX Need Bishops?
The following query was sent along, and we will answer each question briefly:
Have you addressed the reasons why SSPX feels a need to appoint bishops in the first place? I can't think of any...
Elizabeth of Portugal and Antoine Daniel
Elizabeth of Portugal (+1336) was of royal descent, the great-niece of the âotherâ Saint Elizabeth, of Hungary. Like her great-aunt, she was a queen, wife, mother, widow, peacemaker and Third Order Franciscan. After her...
Semiquincentennial Independence Day – 250 and Counting
A joyous Independence Day to all our American readers - this marking the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America back in 1776. This marks the victory of the then-colony's...
The Masculine Hope and Joy of Pier Giorgio Frassati
One of the more joyful and attractive saints of modern times died on this day in 1925 at the youthful age of 24, Pier Giorgio Frassati, a handsome, athletic, talented Italian from an aristocratic...
Is Public Education Salvageable?
I appreciate Mrs. Julie Douglasâ reflection on what she experienced as beneficial in the (French) publicly funded Catholic school system, as well as her exhortation for good people to stay in the system to...
Pope Benedict and Saint Thomas the Apostle
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 27 September 2006
Thomas the twin
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Continuing our encounters with the Twelve Apostles chosen directly by Jesus, today we will focus our attention on Thomas. Ever present in...
Thomas the Apostle – Believing without Seeing
Saint Thomas, the Apostle, is called 'Didymus', the 'twin', perhaps, as some surmised, because he looked a lot like Christ. Whether that be true, he's not like the Saviour in also being called 'the...
Saint Bernardino Realino and the Hidden Life
Today's Saint Bernardino Realino (1530 - 1616) demonstrates that a hidden life of doing one's duty, day in and day out, leads to great holiness. After a brief career in law, Bernardino joined the...
SSPX: Of Rubicons and Hammers
Well, the Rubicon has been crossed, and the hammer dropped.
Refusing the appeal by Pope Leo not to go through with the episcopal consecrations, the SSPX ordained four new bishops yesterday.
Rome followed up with a...
Faith and Frying Pans: What My School Gave Me that My Parish Didn’t
Editor's Note: Church, State, and Education The history of Canada's formation and endurance as a nation-state is a unique and engaging blend of national, religious, linguistic, and cultural differences, distinctions, struggles, and sometimes less than enthusiastic...
Canada’s Original, and Very Catholic, National Anthem
In the glow of Canada-Dominion Day, here is the original version of O, Canada, which was written in French, in Quebec â Canada was French before she adopted English as as second language â...
Feast and Litany of the Precious Blood
A blessed feast of the Precious Blood! This devotion was placed into the calendar, and the feast instituted by Pope Pius IX in 1849. Even if it is no longer on the public calendar...
Happy Canada’s Dominion Day!
This is Canada's to all our readers, on which we celebrate the official founding of âCanadaâ as a (mostly) self-governing part of the British Commonwealth. Canada, as readers may know from what once passed...
