Candlemas and the Keeping of the Law
When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph brought the child Jesus up to Jerusalem to...
Blessed Candles, Holy Families
In the past year, the Good Lord has willed that some serious challenges beset my family, challenges which have brought me to my knees...
The Fading of the Feminist Fad
I’m a nasty woman,” Ashley Judd 2017
Three years ago – the Saturday after Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration in Washington – a million women gathered...
Emotions in Prayer
There are so many different approaches to prayer, which may, following Saint Teresa of Avila, be described as 'conversation with God'. I recently attended...
The Mills of God Grind Slowly
We are currently witnessing numerous calamities in the order of nature: earthquakes, droughts, floods, and disasters which cause the unforeseen death of thousands of...
John Paul II at Lourdes
PILGRIMAGE
OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II
TO LOURDES ON THE OCCASION OF 150TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE PROMULGATION OF THE DOGMA
OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
HOMILY OF THE HOLY...
Sixth Sunday and the Keeping of the Law
If you choose, you can keep the commandments, and they will save you… has not commanded anyone to be wicked, and He has...
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 Angelus and the Law’s Perfection
ANGELUS
St Peter’s Square, Sunday, 13 February 2011
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In this Sunday’s Liturgy we continue to read Jesus’ so-called “Sermon on the Mount”. It...
John Paul II and Cathedra Petri
EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION WITH THE NEW CARDINALS
HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II
Thursday, 22 February 2001
Feast of Saint Peter's Chair
1. "'Who do you say that I am?'. Simon...