Saint Paul’s Marvelous Metanoia
Metanoia is the original Greek term for 'conversion', which opens the Gospel of Saint Mark with Christ's exhortation: 'Repent and believe in the Gospel!'....
The Mysticism of Gregory of Nyssa
The memorial of Saint Gregory of Nyssa, even if not in the universal calendar, is on this January 10th. Gregory is one of the...
The Saint Whose Speech Was Golden
On Monday 26 July 2021 I had the grace of visiting Ravenna, once the capital city of the Western Roman Empire, from 402 till...
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
Six years ago, on the 160th anniversary of the first apparition of Lourdes, on February 11th, Robert Cardinal Sarah, then-head of the Congregation for...
Avila’s Teresa
(From our archives, on the great 16th century Carmelite reformer Saint Theresa of Avila, whose sparkling, vivid and very human personality echoes through the...
The Divine Comedy of Saint Lawrence
Today's Saint Lawrence (+258) lives on in the legend of his own divine comedy, a Spaniard from Valencia, chosen in the very bloom of...
Saint Agatha, the Good and Noble Martyr
Saint Agatha (+251) is counted amongst the most venerated of the 'virgin martyrs', one of the seven women whose name appears in the Canon...
Saint Rose of Viterbo and San Marino
Saint Rose of Viterbo (1233 - 1251) was a recluse in the Italian commune from which she takes her name, and which was contested...
Mater Dolorosa, Mother of Sorrows
A blessed memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows to all. This feast was first celebrated in the year 1233 - in the youth of...
Fatima’s Miracle of the Sun
This 13th day of October marks the anniversary final apparition of Our Lady at Fatima in the fateful year of 1917, to the three...
