Vexilla Regis Prodeunt!
A blessed Feast of the Triumph of the Cross to one and all of our readers!
For added devotion and splendour to this celebration of...
Musical Offering: Bach’s Cantata for the Purification of Mary
J.S. Bach was a devout Lutheran, and, unlike some of the Protestant sects, had a great devotion to Our Lady. In 1725, on this...
Palestrina’s Tu Es Petrus
As a meditation on this Sunday's liturgical theme, here is a reprise of Palestrina's motet Tu Es Petrus, based on Matthew's 16:18-19. The motet...
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...
Pope Benedict on Pope Saint Leo the Great
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 5 March 2008
Saint Leo the Great
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Continuing our journey through the Fathers of the Church, true...
Fifth Sunday: The Mystery of Mercy
But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesusâ knees, saying. âGo away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!â(Lk....
Pope Benedict and Robert Bellarmine
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Born on 4 October 1542 in Montepulciano near Siena, he was...
Twenty-Third Sunday and the Wisdom of the Cross
So you, O son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israelâ (Ez. 33:7).
This mission given by the Lord God...
Saint Paulâs Shipwreck: A Message to both Malta and the World
This tenth of February is for us Maltese is the feast of the baptism of our nation, for today all Maltese around the world...
Stripping of the Altar, the Babylonian Captivity, and Properly Approaching Restrictions on the Traditional...
Having passed through the veiling of images during Passion week to the Stripping of the Altar on Holy Thursday (for those of you who...
