Everyday For Life Canada: March 2024

The Good Friday Reproaches

The Reproaches (Improperia in Latin) is an ancient hymn about the suffering of Christ on the cross. It is usually sung during the Veneration of the Cross at the Good Friday liturgical service. The sorrowful Christ says, "My people, my people what have I done to you?" The answer is for each of us to give.

Christ speaks directly to us and asks why we have turned against Him after all that he has done for our redemption and salvation. In most services today, the hymn is no longer sung. Is it because we don't want to be reminded that every time we sin we keep nailing the Lord to the cross? The hymn calls us to turn away from sin and live a virtuous life that God wants for everyone.

Latin

Popule meus, quid feci tibi?

Aut in quo contristavi te?

Responde mihi.

Mar

Let's distract from a failing public school system and sue social media

Just days ago four of Ontario's largest school boards filed a lawsuit against social media giants Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok. They accuse the companies of having an adverse effect on student leaning.

The boards are the Toronto District School Board, the Peel District School Board, the Toronto Catholic District School Board and the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. It's all being done with tax dollars so each board filed a separate case in the Ontario's Superior Court.

Mar

Holy Thursday is a reminder that we are called to build the City of God.

Today, Holy Thursday, the Church celebrates two great mysteries that are commemorated at Mass: the institution of the Holy Eucharist and the sacrament of Holy Orders, the priesthood. The priest is called to follow Christ's humble example of washing the feet of the other.

Christ says,"I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one anther's feet." As Christians, we are called to love and serve God and neighbour.

Mar

The CCP's attack on those who stand for freedom in Hong Kong is an attack on democracy everywhere

In recent years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has greatly restricted the freedoms of the people of Hong Kong. Jimmy Lai's story is a very sad example. The man is in jail as a prisoner of conscience. Hong Kong was a British Colony that was handed back to China in 1997. The agreement between the two countries was to have "one country, two systems." This was supposed to protect the rights and libertines of the people of Hong Kong. However, the CCP has shown no intention of keeping their word.

Mar

The Covid vaccination scandal in Canada

On April 25, 2022, the Canadian Medical Association Journal published research by N. Fisman, Afia Amoako and Ashleigh R.

Mar

Without the Annunciation, there is no Christmas and no Easter

March the 25th is nine before Christmas Day. Did you ever stop and think that without the Feast of the Annunciation, there would be no Christmas and no Easter. Had the Virgin Mary said, "No" to the Angel Gabriel, there would be no human redemption. Baby Jesus had to be born before he could accomplish his mission to restore humanity from the fall of original sin. The Virgin Mary and her husband St. Joseph both said, "Yes" to human and divine life. They said "Yes" to God's plan for humanity.

Mar

The "Online Arms Act" is terrible legislation for Canadians

Lawyer John Carpay and president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) has written an important and timely article titled, "The worst assault on free speech in modern Canadian history." The column responds to the proposed Justin Trudeau's Liberal government Bill C-63, the Online Arms Act. It's posted on the JCCF website.

Mar

"My God, I call by day but you do not answer"

Psalm 22: 1-31, "My God, I call by day but you do not answer." In a 2011 general audience talk Pope Benedict XVI said that this Psalm take us "to Golgotha, to the foot of the cross of Jesus, to relive his passion and to share the fruitful joy of the resurrection.

Mar

Palm Sunday: Christ’s rejection of “Pompa diaboli”

The Gospel story of Palm Sunday is Christ's "triumphal" entry into Jerusalem on a donkey. Christ doesn't come to Jerusalem riding in a Bentley or a Ferrari; no, He rode as a poor man on the back of a borrowed donkey. He was greeted with palm leaves and shouts from the crowd. No music to greet Him or awards for anything He had done.

No "Pomp and Circumstance" music for Christ like we hear at graduation ceremonies and the coronation of kings.

Mar

Canada needs medical and social assistance in living, not dying

A great reflection on life, faith and family was given John Paul II as his last Lenten reflection. The 2005 pro-life message is even more relevant today as Canada is on the road to euthanizing with Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) 10,000 people and aborting 100,000 unborn babies a year. All paid paid by the Canadian tax payer through Canada Health. A culture with legislation that promotes death can only lead to its own death. There is no future in abortion and euthanasia.