Sixth Sunday – Fulfilling the Law
If you choose, you can keep the commandments, and they will save you… has not commanded anyone to be wicked, and He has...
Fifth Sunday: The Salt of the Earth and Light to the World
‘You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden’ (Mt. 5:14).
Imagine the astonishment of those who heard...
MAiD and Salvific Suffering
In 2016, two weeks after it was legalized in Canada, a patient asked for my help in referring her for Medical Assistance in Dying...
Beatitudes and the Imitatio Christi
For I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord...
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...
Second Sunday: The Lamb of God and the Culture Wars
‘Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!’ (Jn. 1:29). ⧾
This declaration made by John the Baptist and which...
The Wages of Liberation Theology
On January 1, Brazil recognized its new president, a socialist. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in with an elaborate inauguration ceremony before...
Mater Dei and Mary’s Role in Salvation
The shepherds went with haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph and the Child lying in a manger (Lk. 2:16).⧾
On this the last...
Mary, Mother of God
Do you have a new year’s resolution such as losing weight? Getting more exercise? Spending more time with family? Doing more volunteer work? Learning...
Pope Benedict XVI, Requiescat in Pace
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (1927 - 2022) died this morning, at 95 years old, at 9:34 Rome time, in his residence at the Mater...