Solzhenitsyn’s Century
When once a certain class of people has been placed by temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value,...
Saint Joseph, A Working Man
Saint Joseph has two 'feast' days in the universal Church, neither of which is technically a 'feast'. The first, on March 19th, is his...
A Silent Passion Sunday, Filled with Hope
Christ Jesus, though He was in the form of Go, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied Himself,...
Pope Benedict and 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...
Venantius and his Vexilla
Vexilla regis prodeunt; The banners of the king come forth;
fulget crucis mysterium, brightly gleams the mystery of...
Pope Benedict and Saint James the Greater
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Wednesday, 21 June 2006
James, the Greater
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We are continuing the series of portraits of the Apostles chosen directly by Jesus...
The Need for Spiritual Care in Dementia
“Dementia is a group of symptoms that affects mental cognitive tasks such as memory and reasoning. Dementia is an umbrella term that Alzheimer’s Disease...
Our Lady, Help of Christians
Today is the memorial of Our Lady Help of Christians, a title that seems first to have been used by Saint John Chrysostom, patriarch...
Cardinal Stephen Langton and the Magna Carta
(A very a propos and providential piece by Carl Sundell, as we all have our own truculent and tyrannical 'King Johns' sitting on our...
Saint Joseph, the Model for Every Worker
On this Saturday, the First of May 2021, we celebrate the feast of St Joseph the Worker. This feast has a recent history.
In fact,...
