Jubilee Year Homily of Pope John Paul II for the Canonization of Sister Faustina
HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHER
MASS IN ST PETER’S SQUARE FOR THE CANONIZATION
OF SR MARY FAUSTINA KOWALSKA
Sunday, 30 April 2000
1. “Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus, quoniam in...
Cathedral of the Left
The present vast overpopulation, now far beyond the world carrying capacity, cannot be answered by future reductions in the birth rate due to contraception,...
Twenty Seventh Sunday: Esther, Our Lady and the Message of Fatima
Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise (Hab. 1:3). ⧾
Our first reading today is taken from the book of the Prophet...
JP II’s Homily Proclaiming Saint Therese A Doctor of the Church
PROCLAMATION OF ST THÉRÈSE OF THE CHILD JESUS
AND THE HOLY FACE
AS A "DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH"
HOMILY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
Sunday, 19 October 1997
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Turn to Mary and Fight Like Heaven
The Feast (Memorial) of Our Lady of Sorrows came on a Thursday this year and I celebrated Mass that day at St. Ursula church,...
Twenty-Fifth Sunday and Using Wealth Wisely
You cannot serve God and wealth (Lk. 16:13). ⧾
At face value, it would seem that that the Gospel text of the Mass appears to...
What We Should Believe About Saint Joseph
Many years ago I was given a copy of the book Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma by Doctor Ludwig Ott as a gift. I considered...
Adoramus Te, Christe
On this feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, here are two musical settings of the refrain Adoramus Te, whose full text runs:
Adoramus...
Pope Saint John Paul II Reflects on the Cross
(An excerpt from a homily preached by Pope Saint John Paul II in Lesotho, in 1988):
In the Gospel of this feast we are witnesses...
Exalting in the Cross
We should glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus, in whom is our salvation, life and resurrection, through whom we are saved and...