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      Simon, Jude and Desperate Causes

      All of the Apostles have a feast day, and, on this day at the end of October - the same day that Emperor Constantine...

      Post Epiphany

      The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord marks the end of the Christmas Season and the beginning of Ordinary Time. It is a...

      Saint Mark and the Resurrection

      At Easter Sunday Mass, you heard the closing verses of Saint Mark’s Gospel, or almost so. I say “almost” because our lectionary omits the...

      Keeping the Amazonian Synod on Track

      Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Guard...

      The Lasting Legacies of Peter and Paul

      Keeper of the Keys Most readers are familiar with the various Gospel accounts of St. Peter as the Apostle specially chosen by Christ to “feed...

      The Last Gospel as the Mass in Miniature

      The prologue of the Gospel of St. John (Jn 1:1–14), often referred to as the Last Gospel, forms part of the concluding rites of...

      Saint Joseph, the Model for Every Worker

      On this Saturday, the First of May 2021, we celebrate the feast of St Joseph the Worker. This feast has a recent history. In fact,...

      Pope John Paul II at Auschwitz: Lessons of Kolbe

      APOSTOLIC PILGRIMAGE TO POLAND HOLY MASS AT THE CONCENTRATION CAMP HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II Auschwitz-Bierkenau, 7 June 1979   1. "This is the victory that overcomes...

      Byrd’s Reges et Sanctis

      A blessed feast of Our Lord's Baptism to all our readers! In the midst of a world gone mad, 'tis incumbent that we Catholics...

      Pestilence in the Light of Faith

      The time we are living in now looks like a story taken from a fiction book. The world is upside down and everything seems...