Athanasius Contra Mundum
Today, the second day of May, is the memorial of one of the most heroic bishops in the history of the Church, the great...
Work Made Light in Saint Joseph
In the waning years of the 19th century, before the war to end all wars at the dawn of the twentieth, followed by the...
Saint Pius V: Between Heaven and Earth
Michel Ghislieri was born as Anton in 1504, but took the name of the Archangel 'who is like God' when he joined the Dominican...
Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Doctor and Reformer
Ecclesia semper reformanda est.Ā
So goes the old saying - the Church, always in need of reform - applies now, perhaps, more than ever. And...
Saints Peter Chanel and Louis Grignon de Montfort
On this 28th of April we celebrate two Saints:Ā Saint Peter Chanel (+1841) who evangelized the island of Futuna in the South Pacific - the...
Canonizing Sister Faustina and Divine Mercy
HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHERĀ
MASS IN ST PETER'S SQUARE FOR THE CANONIZATION
OF SR MARY FAUSTINA KOWALSKA
Sunday, 30 April 2000
1.Ā "Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus, quoniam in...
Our Lady’s Good Counsel
Our Lady of Good Counsel - Mater Boni Consilii - is one of the many titles of the Virgin Mary, this one dating back...
Saint Mark and the Resurrection
At Easter Sunday Mass, you heard the closing verses of Saint Markās Gospel, or almost so. I say āalmostā because our lectionary omits the...
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...
George, Shakespeare, Brian Boru: England, Ireland and the Fighting Catholic Spirit
Today used to be (*) a national holiday in England - as the people hearken back to an earlier and better time in the...
