Holy Week with the Saints
As Holy Week begins with Passion Sunday, we might turn to the saints, who can give us a helping hand during our meditation and...
Palm and Passion Sunday
And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom, and the earth shook, and the rocks were split...
The Flame of Love: The Spiritual Diary of Elizabeth Kindelmann
Elizabeth Kindelmann (1913 – 1985), a poor, Hungarian mother of six children, and a lay Carmelite, was widowed at the age of thirty-three. In...
Pope Benedict’s Last Holy Thursday
(Here is Pope Benedict's homily for April 5th, 2012, for the Mass of the Last Supper...one year before he made his own 'exodus' from...
The Cross in the Father’s Providential Plan
One of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out. He who saw this has testified...
Alexis de Tocqueville On Christian Democracy
“I believe that our descendants will tend more and more to be divided into only two parts, those leaving Christianity entirely and those entering...
The Meaning of the Resurrection
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden...
Easter and Forgiveness
An increase in crime rates typically generates a lot of attention from the public, the media, and from political leaders. Responding to a recent...
Succumbing to Anarcho-Tyranny
“Sheep do not need to fight for themselves; they have shepherds who do it for them, until the day comes when the shepherds lead...
Divine Mercy Sunday
‘Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe’… ‘My Lord and my God!’ (Jn. 20:18).
Today is Low...