Alicja Lenczewska’s Encounters with Jesus, and Their Remedy for Sin
When a confessor hears the same sins repeated over and over again, a thousand million times over, he may begin to wonder if there’s...
The Suffering of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich
February 9th marks the anniversary of the death of Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich in 1824. An Augustinian nun, she was highly favoured by God...
The Last Sunday of Advent
What follows is Pope Saint John Paul II's last Advent address, way back in 2004. He would go to his eternal reward three months...
Psalm 105:16-22 and Saint Joseph’s Sinlessness
On this Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker, let us consider another article which was published on this very same feast day of May...
Pope John Paul’s Second Last Second Sunday of Lent
(Here are a few words from the great Pontiff, from his second last Lent in 2004)
JOHN PAUL II
ANGELUS
Second Sunday of Lent, 7 March 2004
1. “Jesus took...
Christ the King
An Irish bull is a statement that is, strictly speaking, illogical and yet whose meaning is somehow clear. Yogi Berra, a baseball player of...
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: The Mellifluous Doctor
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today I would like to talk about St Bernard of Clairvaux, called...
Hollywood Combusts
I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer....
The Dead End of Scientific Materialism
Mostly in modern times has the notion really caught on that the human mind is purely composed of matter in motion, and that its...
A Catholic Physician’s Perspective on the Current State of Medicine
I’ve been a physician for a very long time, and I still love what I do. I would not have had it any other...
