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For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light. … Mark 4:22
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Adoration: The Blaze of the Fire of Charity
"Could you not watch one hour with Me?" (Matthew, 26:40)
I came to set fire upon the earth, and how I wish it were already...
18th Sunday: A Life Hidden with God
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden...
Gaudete Sunday: The Baptist’s Joyful Humility
‘Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom...
Random Reflections on Jacques Maritain
Recently I was startled to realize, it being so uneasy a reminder of my own mortality, that the eminent French philosopher Jacques Maritain has...
What is Caesar’s, When All is God’s?
A clever writer once observed that Jesus never made the mistake of qualifying any of his statements: “Sell you possessions, and give the money...
John Richmond Phillips RIP
John Richmond Phillips, the former longtime publisher and editor-in-chief of the now defunct farm journal Farm & Country has passed away. JP, as he...
Constantine the Great
Tertullian rightly said that the blood of the early martyrs became the seed of Christianity. Hardly anything can be so impressive to those outside...
Come, My Love: An Analysis of Thomas Merton’s Mystical Poem “Pass Through...
Thomas Merton’s poem “Pass through My Will” takes the reader on a deeply mystical journey through layers upon layers of spiritual significance. At the...
Pope Benedict’s First Address on Saint Gregory the Great
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Saint Gregory the Great (1)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Last Wednesday I spoke of a Father of the Church little known...
