Saint John of the Cross and the Path to the Heights of Holiness
What does Saint John of the Cross, whose memorial we celebrate in these ides of the dark days of December, saint stand for? Before...
Saint Joseph, Head of The Holy Family
(In light of today's first reading from the fifth chapter of Ephesians, on the headship of the husband in the family, here are some...
Saint John the Beloved, Seer of Patmos
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 23 August 2006
John, the Seer of Patmos
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In the last Catechesis we had reached the meditation...
Joseph, the Image of God the Father
In previous articles that I have written, I have noted the merits and demerits of certain ways of describing the fatherhood of Saint Joseph,...
The Indefatigable Saint Turibius
Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo (+1606), a missionary bishop of Lima, Peru from 1579 until his death in 1606, is a heroic model for bishops...
Abbot Anthony’s Narrow, but Joyful, Way to Heaven
Saint Anthony (+356) is commonly called 'the Abbot', or Anthony ‘of Egypt’, where he retreated to the wilderness as a young man to live...
9-11 and Saving Civilization in the Holy Name of Mary
The date for the attack on the Two Towers twenty years ago was not randomly chosen, for it was on September 11th three and...
The Urgent Gospel of Saint Mark
Saint Mark, writer of the Gospel and first bishop of Alexandria, was the missionary companion and amanuensis of Saint Peter, the first pope. The...
Simon, Jude and Desperate Causes
All of the Apostles have a feast day, and, on this day at the end of October - the same day that Emperor Constantine...
The Joyful Japanese Martyrs of Nagasaki
Today is the feast of Saint Paul Miki and Companion martyrs, put to death by crucifixion and impaling on February 5, 1597 at Nagasaki,...
