A Treasure To Be Shared

As we approach secular New Year celebrations, we might take a moment to reflect on the ever-present need to bring the Gospel to a world whose citizens are in constant need of hope and of the assurance that they are capable of giving and receiving authentic love. The necessity of prayer and acceptance of God's invitation to newness of life. To be able to adopt and realize a new way of thinking and being requires an ongoing willingness to change, to encounter the truth about oneself in a world that provides many shallow alternatives to Jesus' way of truth, goodness and beauty.  The path to renewal depends on cooperation with God, Who loves you and Who provides you with the grace - His very life and loving power - to help you be restored to communion with Him.  That communion is a relationship of love.  God informs the heart and mind and draws us into His embrace.  Through prayer and formation in His word, the voice of God speaking in and through Holy Scripture, we come...

Madonna and Child Holding the World | 1894 Library of Congress Events of recent memory - Paris - remind us that Christians, the heralds of reason, goodwill, peace, hope, and eternal salvation in Christ, face opposition from those espoused to the lord of this world, the devil. The Olympic Games have nothing on the epic battle between the Church and the devil's allies. The world caught a glimpse of that struggle between light and darkness when a mockery was staged with organizers' foreknowledge. Contrary to the claims of IOC representatives and those of the producer of the opening tableaux, participants in the weird and crass opening ceremonies admitted on various social media platforms that the episode in question was intended to parody the Lord's Supper. On an artistic level, the opening segment was anything but art. It was an attempt at propaganda in support of a twisted anthropology. These days the world is plagued to the point of annoyance with the arrogant musings of in...

READ TIME: 12 minutes Hypothetical & Familiar Scenarios A woman is charged with violating the rights of an impassioned member of an "oppressed" minority, a member of a state protected class. The woman, an artist, is taken to court, and prosecuted for attempted discrimination for refusing to design content that she acknowledges is incompatible with her religious beliefs. Lower courts side with state prosecutors. The nation's highest court says wait a cotton pickin' minute, and overturns the lower courts' attempts to infringe upon the woman's right to freedom of expression. Those angered by the highest court's decision are likely to continue targeting businesses and individuals who are obstacles to their demands to have their destructive behaviours made acceptable, and likely to continue using the courts to legislate imagined rights. A student weaponzies her response to a teacher's opposition to her calumny and disruptive behaviour. She attempts to b...

The Beauty of Truth & Justice Faithful Catholics have long lobbied the CCCB to address the highly problematic associations of the CCODP, Canada's Catholic development agency. Sadly, complaints previously fell on mostly deaf ears. All too frequently, the faithful have been met with hostility by members and staff of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Perhaps now Canada's bishops and staff at the CCCB will take a cue from the Holy Father and apologize for their mistreatment of concerned Catholic citizens and for not taking more seriously the complaints against the CCODP. A brief history lesson on the CCODP's shameful activities can be found at the following link: https://www.lifesitenews.com/tags/tag/development+and+peace A particularly enlightening article can be found at the following link: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lifesitenews-banned-from-public-sessions-of-canadian-bishops-meeting And, another useful article: https://...