Mary’s Birthday: A Day of Universal Joy
Wednesday, September 8th, is the feast of the Nativity of Mary, the Mother of God. It was the great Greek Church Father, St John...
The Pope and the Death Penalty
At the climax of Lukeâs passion narrative, we see Jesus hanging between two criminals. One of the criminals mocks Jesus, but the other responds,...
Angelus of the Holy Family
(Another throwback to a different era, a brief Angelus address from Pope Saint John Paul II on this feast of the Holy Family, back...
Saint Thomas and Merit
(Here is, for your perusal, Saint Thomas' teaching on charity - or divine-like love, 'willing the good' - is the principle of merit, rather...
The Last Easter Homily of Pope Benedict XVI
(Last words are always - or almost always - indicative, and one could reach much into these words of Pope Benedict XVI on his...
Climate Babies: To Bear, or not to Bear
What sad, pinched lives the climate zealots must live, every emission of carbon and its derivatives a cause of sorrow, guilt, regret. You may...
Byrd’s Magnificat
William Byrd (ca. 1540 - 1623) was an unabashed Catholic composer during the tumultuous time of the 'Reformation' - more properly, the revolt in...
Beatification Homily of Francisco and Jacinta Marto
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY
OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II
TO FĂTIMA (MAY, 12-13, 2000)
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II
BEATIFICATION OF FRANCISCO AND JACINTA MARTO
SHEPERDS OF...
Fulton Sheen’s Thoughts for Daily Living
The Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979) needs little introduction. At the peak of his radio and television popularity from the 1940s to the...
Baptism and Hearing the Word of God
âEphphatha,â that is âBe opened.â And immediately the manâs ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly (Mk. 6:51). ⧟
At the...
