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      Pope Saint John Paul II’s First Good Friday Homily

      ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS AT THE COLOSSEUM Good Friday, 13 April 1979   When we make...

      A Meditation for Good Friday: How To Undo the Effects of Sin?

      Cardinal Newman, now Saint John Henry Newman, was a towering figure of nineteenth-century Catholicism who is almost universally admired. I say “almost” because not...

      Pope Benedict’s Last Holy Thursday Homily

      MASS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Basilica of St John Lateran Holy Thursday, 5 April 2012 Photo Gallery (Video) Dear Brothers and Sisters! Holy Thursday is...

      Spy Wednesday, and Bishop Sheen’s Take on Judas

      Today is traditionally called Spy Wednesday, the day on which Judas Iscariot made the fateful decision, deep in his heart and at Satan's prompting,...

      Pope Saint John Paul II’s Last Passion Sunday

      (This is the last of Pope Saint John Paul II's Passion-Palm Sunday homilies, given in 2004, before his own passion and death the following...

      The Two Passions of J.S. Bach

      As we enter in Holy Week, it is fitting to suggest some solemn music to fit the season, here the two settings of the...

      Living in Wonder

      Years ago I decided to take a course on Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, I know, very mainstream. As I sat in a small...

      The Feast of the Annunciation: God’s Invitation

      In the quiet village of Nazareth, far removed from centers of power and influence, a young woman named Mary was living what seemed to...

      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...

      I Am the Resurrection and the Life: Fifth Sunday and Passiontide

      ‘I am the resurrection and the life
Do you believe this’? (Jn. 11:25-26). The fifth Sunday in Lent marks the beginning of Passiontide. We will now...