A Christmas and New Year’s Meditation: To the Future, with Hope
The Divine Office is the prayer book of priests. It consists of psalms, hymns and prayers that are said through the day. Some lay...
The Nature and Extent of Josephology
Josephology is a relatively new branch of theology that has appeared about two hundred to one hundred-fifty years ago. It has its origins in...
The Eucharist, the Church, and Abortion
Introduction
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver has aptly said that "abortion is the central social issue of this moment in our national history ‒...
Mozart’s Et Incarnatus Est
Mozart's Great Mass in C Major, the 'Coronation Mass', Krönungsmesse - so called since it was a favorite of the imperial court, performed often...
Pope Benedict’s Final Christmas Urbi et Orbi
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
ON THE OCCASION OF CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
TO THE ROMAN CURIA
Clementine Hall
Friday, 21 December 2012
Dear Cardinals,
Brother Bishops and Priests,
Dear Brothers and...
The Prism of Paris
“France has been one of the great nations marked by the Christian faith since the dawn of history; and after the fall of the...
Mary, Ever Virgin, Yet Mother of All
In these latter days of Advent, our focus, liturgically and devotionally, is on Our Lady, expectant, preparing to give birth to the One who...
Pope Benedict’s Final Advent Angelus
(What follows is Pope Benedict XVI's last Advent Angelus address as Pope, in 2012. A couple of months later, in February, 2013, he would...
The Christmas Novena of Saint Alphonsus Ligouri
On December 16, we begin the Christmas Novena. In these nine days of reflection this Novena  will take us up to Christmas Eve, December...
Sunday Musical Offering: Jean Mouton’s Nesciens Mater
Jean Mouton (1459 - 1522) was a French priest, canon and, like Vivaldi (also ordained), a prolific composer, well ahead of his time in...
