Saturday, June 7, 2025

Sixth Sunday: The Inimitable Joy of the Beatitudes

Blessed is the man who does not follow the advice of the wicked…but whose delight is the law of the Lord (Ps. 1).⧾ These are...

Henry Walpole and William Byrd

Tertullian’s oft-quoted phrase, “the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church,” immediately evokes scenes of the early Christians in the Roman...

Mediocrity and the Human Heart

I once read an article entitled, “The Devil Wants You to Settle in Your Relationship”; quite frankly, I do not think it could be...

Nova et Vetera: Initial Insights on Artificial Intelligence

Recently, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and its Dicastery for Culture collaborated in constructing a document on the Church’s most...

Saint Paul’s Shipwreck: A Message to both Malta and the World

This tenth of February is for us Maltese is the feast of the baptism of our nation, for today all Maltese around the world...

Fifth Sunday: The Mystery of Mercy

But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying. ‘Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!’(Lk....

The Real San Lázaro

As a first generation American born in the United States, I was introduced early in life to St. Lazarus by my family of Cuban heritage. St....

The Gift of Consecrated Life

The recent feast of the Presentation of Our Jesus Christ at the Temple, the child Who is truly the light of the world, is...

Pope Saint John Paul and the Presentation

(A blessed feast to all our readers! In 1997 Pope Saint John Paul II declared this ancient feast of the Presentation - also known...

Saint Damien of Molochai

(In light of the recent memorial of Saint Marianne Cope, who also worked amongst the lepers of Hawaii, and who nursed Father Damian on...