The Humble Servant in the Lord’s Vineyard Goes to the Father’s House
After the great John Paul II, the cardinals elected me, a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord. I am consoled by...
Mater Dei and Mary’s Role in Salvation
The shepherds went with haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph and the Child lying in a manger (Lk. 2:16).⧾
On this the last...
Pope Benedict’s Last Epiphany Homily
(In Canada, and other locales, the Solemnity of the Epiphany is moved to the following Sunday, for 'pastoral reasons'. But in the Church universal,...
The Epiphany and the Magi
The Gentiles have become fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers in the promise in Christ Jesus through the Gospel (Eph. 3:6).
Our...
The Wages of Liberation Theology
On January 1, Brazil recognized its new president, a socialist. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in with an elaborate inauguration ceremony before...
Second Sunday: The Lamb of God and the Culture Wars
‘Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!’ (Jn. 1:29). ⧾
This declaration made by John the Baptist and which...
Rediscovering the Sacrament of Reconciliation
If we say, “We are without sin,” we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (1 John 1:8)
One might wonder why we raise...
The Shekinah, A Type of Saint Joseph
Perhaps you may be familiar with the Pillar of Cloud — which may be compared to a tornado — or the Pillar of Fire...
Blessedness and Lectio Divina
Our Church's tradition has promoted the practice of lectio divina, i.e., a meditative reading of Scripture. We would do well to follow in these...
Beatitudes and the Imitatio Christi
For I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord...