Monday, November 17, 2025

Pope Benedict and Martha’s Way

BENEDICT XVI ANGELUS Courtyard of the Papal Residence, Castel Gandolfo Sunday, 18 July 2010   Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are now in the heart of summer, at least in...

What is Caesar’s, When All is God’s?

A clever writer once observed that Jesus never made the mistake of qualifying any of his statements: “Sell you possessions, and give the money...

Littlest Suffering Souls: Children Whose Short Lives Point Us to Christ

Austin Ruse, Littlest Suffering Souls: Children Whose Short Lives Point Us to Christ. Charlotte: TAN Books, 2017.       With  modern medical breakthroughs, treatments and  medicines,...

True Christian Tolerance

In Lent we pledge ourselves to acquire virtue. The one, perhaps the only, virtue universally honoured today is tolerance. It is a useful Lenten...

Fulton Sheen’s Thoughts for Daily Living

The Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979) needs little introduction. At the peak of his radio and television popularity from the 1940s to the...

The Holy Mass Part IV: Signifying Christ’s Eternal Sacrifice

This Sunday’s reflection is the fourth in a series of meditations on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with specific references to the Ancient...

Seeing By Humility

‘Son of David, have mercy on me’ (Mk. 10:47). ⧾ The request made by Bartimaeus in his encounter with Our Lord reveals two things: the...

Will The Real Anthony Fauci Please Stand Up?

The power of government rests on ignorance of the people, and it knows this, and therefore will always resist enlightenment.  Leo Tolstoy  Earlier this month,...

The Beauty of Suffering

To suffer in love is the greatest of all joys. Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many...

The Most Holy Name of Mary

Today we celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary in a particularly reverent way as it is the feast day of The Most Holy Name of...