A Host of Mighty Miracles
As Christians we believe in miracles because the Gospels tell us of miracles performed by Jesus. No founder of any other world religion ever...
Virtue and the Eucharistic Life
âListen to me, all of you, and understand there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile them, but things that...
Holy Humour
Because jokes are not told in the Bible, some people wrongly suppose that religion must be a humourless business. So far is this from...
The Unspoken Heresy of Christ the Wimp
The powerlessness of Jesus. In a word, it is one of our modern heresies, but it lies hidden in the heart because it is...
A Meditation for Palm Sunday: The Passion according to Mark
In Scripture, a single phrase can open the way to a profound insight into the message of the mysteries of the faith. A striking...
Time for Accountability, not Pandemic Amnesty
(Here is a reflection from contributor Scott Ventureyra on the accountability/amnesty debate over draconian Covid protocols, not least the vaxx mandates and lockdowns. This...
Saint Thomas, Apostle
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 27 September 2006
Thomas the twin
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Continuing our encounters with the Twelve Apostles chosen directly by Jesus, today...
A Letter to a Catholic School Teacher
(What follows is adapted from a letter of a parish priest, Father Scott Murray, to a Catholic school teacher, in the publicly-funded, separate system,...
Pope Benedict and Saint Irenaeus of Lyons
(Saint Irenaeus of Lyons, whose feast we celebrate on the 28th of June, just before Saints Peter and Paul, was declared a Doctor of...
John Paul II and Cathedra Petri
EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION WITH THE NEW CARDINALS
HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II
Thursday, 22 February 2001
Feast of Saint Peter's Chair
1. "'Who do you say that I am?'. Simon...
