Thursday, December 11, 2025

Senses of Scripture in the Prodigal Son

In 1861, John William Burgon, the (Anglican) dean of Chichester cathedral, preached a sermon in Christ Church cathedral, Oxford, that included the following statement: THE...

Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

(Here is the text of the Act of Consecration which Pope Francis will pray today, in union with all the bishops of the world....

Ten Reasons Why I love Saint Joseph

One of the most loved figures within Christianity is certainly St Joseph, whose silence makes him more popular. Joseph preached and convinced by his...

The Pied Vipers of Inaina – A Fairy Tale By Brother Grimm

Once upon a time, in a world far away, there arose and advanced the militant Captitans who built their multi-windowed fortress Inaina upon a...

Gerard Manley Hopkins’ The Wreck of the Deutschland: Searching for God in Suffering

In The Wreck of the Deutschland, Gerard Manley Hopkins vividly presents the struggle of man to see the hand of God in the midst...
Pope St. John Paul II

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...

Fatima, Ukraine and Consecration

(The consecration of Russia, and whether or not it has been done, or done correctly, is a convoluted and controversial topic, upon which readers...

Lent with the Fathers of the Church and Some Spiritual Writers

Lent is a privileged time in the liturgical year, preparing us for the celebration of Easter. However, our whole life should be a journey...

A Meditation for Lent

Jewish rabbis have a useful word to describe the attitude of a believer to Sacred Scripture. The word is mashal, and it is used...

VIII Sunday and Seeking Holiness

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil;...