Friday, November 21, 2025

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

The Most Holy Name of Mary

Today we celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary in a particularly reverent way as it is the feast day of The Most Holy Name of...

Of Grace, Gratitude and Grievance

All we hear is the negative stuff; nobody’s interested in the positive, the joy in that school. Nine of the happiest years of my...

Twenty-Fourth Sunday: The Good Shepherd and the Love of God Incarnate

The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am...

Eternal (not Universal) Salvation Is Our Greatest Hope

Not long ago a theologian within the Eastern Orthodox tradition named David Bentley Hart released a new book entitled Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation...