Saint Cyril of Jerusalem: The Renewal of Catechetics
The saints during Lent - with few exceptions, such as Saint Joseph - are celebrated as muted 'commemorations', but that does not decrease their...
A Triptych of Saints: Clement, Columba and Pro
We commemorate three saints on this November 23rd, Saints Clement of Rome, Columba and Miguel Pro, muted this year on the Solemnity of Christ...
Katharine Drexel: The First All American Saint
Mother Katharine Mary Drexel (1858 - 1955) is a fitting intercessor for the racial tensions afflicting her native United States. For one thing, she...
The Acts of the Apostles: A Synopsis
Luke, the author of Acts of the Apostles, is the same Luke who authored the third Gospel. The style and tenor of writing is...
Saint Kateri , Canada’s Protectress
This was the title given to Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, by Pope Benedict XVI, when he canonized her on October 28th, 2012, along with six...
Homily for the Canonization of Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoztzin
APOSTOLIC VISIT TO TORONTO,
TO CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA AND TO CIUDAD DE MÉXICO
CANONIZATION OF JUAN DIEGO CUAUHTLATOATZIN
HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHER JOHN PAUL II
Mexico City,...
Saint Lawrence’s Divine Comedy
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...
Good King Wenceslaus and Lorenzo Ruiz, Incidental Martyrs
This is not the stuff of which martyrs are made - So purportedly said Thomas More, who loved all the good things of life,...
Homily of John Paul II in the Basilica of the Annunciation
A blessed Solemnity of the Annunciation to one and all! Verbum caro factum est! Here is a meditation of the late, great John Paul...
The Liminal and Luminous Birth of John the Baptist
We celebrate the birthdays of three ‘saints’ in our liturgical calendar: Christ Himself, the Son of God, of course, on Christmas Day; His Mother,...
