Weekly Insight
Pope Benedict on Pope Saint Leo the Great
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 5 March 2008
Saint Leo the Great
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Continuing our journey through the Fathers of the Church, true stars that shine in the distance, at our meeting today...
Pope Saint Leo, the First of the Greats
Pope Saint Leo, the first pontiff to earn the title 'the Great', reigned from 440 until his death on this day in 461, was known for many things. With his wise mind, his magnanimous...
Seat of Wisdom and OSAP
You may have heard of the province of Ontario’s ‘pausing’ OSAP payments in the middle of this current semester. For those who may not know, OSAP is the ‘Ontario Student Assistance Program’, offering grants...
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica: A Universal Call to Holiness.
Brothers and sisters, you are God’s building. ... For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. (1 Cor 3:9, 17)
Today we celebrate the anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedral Church of Rome...
Pope Benedict on Today’s Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran
BENEDICT XVI
ANGELUS
St Peter's Square
Sunday, 9 November 2008
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The liturgy today has us celebrate the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, called the "mother and head of all the Churches of the Urbe and...
Musical Offering: Laudibus in Sanctis!
Before this Octave Day of All Saints and All Souls ends, a bit of joyful music of praise of God and His providence is in order. So here is William Byrd's Laudibus in Sanctis,...
The Georgia Martyrs and the call to holiness at home
Holiness is rooted in the life we live each day, offering it to God. Within families, this means loving one another through the demands and trials of daily life. The newly beatified Georgia Martyrs...
Hard Cases and Abortion
In an effort to win support for legalized abortion, its advocates will point to the hard cases. The idea is that anyone who would deny an abortion to a woman in difficult circumstances is...
The Fall of the American Republic-(ans)?
So the blue tsunami has hit the shores of America, with the Democrats handily taking both the Senate and the House, making Donald Trump a ‘lame duck’ president for the two years that remain...
The Real Story Behind the Gunpowder Plot?
Ryan Grant has a post on OnePeterFive on the really happened with infamous the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, which does not seem to be what people think it is, or, more to the point,...
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
Remember, remember! the fifth of November.
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes and his companions
...
The Golden Calf isn’t a dwelling place of God. You are.
With November being dedicated to the Holy Souls, I've found myself thinking about death, the human body, and something that might seem rather unusual to people outside the Catholic Church: our veneration of saints'...
Charles Borromeo Leads the True Reformation
The memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo (1538-1584) commemorates one of the great pillars - along with Saint Robert Bellarmine, Philip Neri, Teresa of Avila and countless others - of what is unfortunately known as...
Death is Banging on My Door
A poem by Carl Sundell
When Death comes
banging on my door,
let him in.
I'd count it no sin
to surrender my skin
to the old pale Prince.
If I've not done
what God meant me to do,
it's the Devil's right
to...
The Meaning of Midterms
The term 'midterm' has various applications, from tests in the middle of the semester - which is how I usually think of things - to elections held in the middle of a presidency, taking...
