Thursday, May 15, 2025

Sixth Sunday of Easter: Friends of Christ, and Friends of Each Other

‘You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer because the servant does not...

The Holy Mass Part V: The Sacrificial Bread of Life

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

Thirty Third Sunday, Humility and the End of Time

At that time Michael the great prince, the protector of your people, shall arise (Dan. 12:1).  As we approach the end of the liturgical year...

Sixth Sunday: The Inimitable Joy of the Beatitudes

Blessed is the man who does not follow the advice of the wicked…but whose delight is the law of the Lord (Ps. 1).⧾ These are...

Celebrating Holy Mass in a Way Worthy of Corpus Christi

O Sacred banquet in which Christ is received, the memory of His Passion is renewed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge...

Twenty Eighth Sunday: Gratitude, and Glory, to God

Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, tuned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus’...

The Shekinah, A Type of Saint Joseph

Perhaps you may be familiar with the Pillar of Cloud — which may be compared to a tornado — or the Pillar of Fire...

The Holy Spirit, Fidelity and Martyrdom

‘But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom my Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that...

Pope Benedict and Saint Teresa of Jesus

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 2 February 2011 Saint Teresa of Avila Dear Brothers and Sisters, In the course of the Catecheses that I have chosen...

Second Sunday of Lent: The Transfiguration

‘This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!’ (Mk. 9:7) On the second Sunday in Lent we always read the Gospel of the Transfiguration...