Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Blessed Nicholas of Gesturi

The 8th of June also marks the liturgical memorial of Blessed Nicholas of Gesturi. Who was this lay brother? Why is his example so...

Pope Benedict on Saint Benedict

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE St Peter's Square Wednesday, 9 April 2008 Saint Benedict of Norcia Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, I would like to speak about Benedict, the Founder of...

Second Sunday of Lent: Our Transfigured and Suffering Lord

He will transform the body of our humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the power that also...

Athanasius, the Iota, and the Homoousion

Today is the memorial of one of the most heroic bishops in the history of the Church, the late, great Saint Athanasius (+373), a...

Starved for God

And the Lord spoke all these words: I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the...

“That Would be Tempting God!”: Conclaves and the Holy Spirit 

Most of us have likely had humorous conversations regarding the need to study for an exam versus abandoning the outcome of said exam to...

Chanting the Lord’s Prayer in Scotch Gaelic

Some languages are more similar than others, and some in ways we may not expect. One would not put ecclesiastical Latin and Scotch Gaelic...

Smiley Miley

The Gospel on the memorial of the beheading of Saint John the Baptist, which we celebrated last week, recounts the story Herod, Herodias, his...

An American Professor’s Reaction to the Election of an American Pope

“Sorry. I’m blowing up your phone,” I wrote after sending a barrage of text messages regarding the election of Pope Leo XIV. “I'm blowing...

Apologetics 101, Question 3: Must God Be Good?

Recently, Catholic Insight posted a thoughtful note from Carl Sundell on the essential questions we should be prepared to answer about our faith. This list...