Edmund Campion’s English Optimism
Today, on this first day of December, we call to mind Saint Edmund Campion – see Avellina Ballestri’s fine recounting of his glorious life from...
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...
Twenty-Sixth Sunday: Lazarus and Helping the Poor
As for you, man of God; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness (1 Tim. 6:11).
The parable of Lazarus and the rich man is...
Michael and the Holy Archangels
A blessed feast of the Archangels to all our readers! This day is traditionally called 'Michaelmas', with the focus on the 'one who is...
Saint Joseph’s Confirmation in Grace
(In Advent, our devotion is focused on Saint John the Baptist, as the precursor of the Christ, but then we shift in the latter...
The Mystic and the Rationalist: Bernard and Abelard
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Two Theological Models in Comparison: Bernard and Abelard
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In my last Catechesis I presented the main features...
Dymphna’s Holy Sanity
The story of Saint Dymphna (7th century), steeped in legend, is not one, perhaps, that parents would feel comfortable telling their children. Dymphna was...
Saints Blaise and Ansgar
Saint Blaise, a bishop of ancient Sebastea (now in Turkey), was also a physician, like Saint Luke, a healer of body and soul. And,...
Our Lady’s Birthday
A blessed and joyful birthday to the Blessed Virgin Mary! This feast that has been celebrated since at least the sixth century in Syria, in...
Don Bosco, Still Teaching in the Hallway
On joy, presence, young love, and the quiet holiness of Catholic education
There’s a particular kind of sound you only hear in a school: a...
