SAD to See Life Issues Being Silenced
In the fifth of a series of voters’ guides for conscience-informed Catholics, Matthew Marquardt notes that abortion and medical non-culpable homicide are leading causes...
Fifth Sunday of Lent: The Infinite, Incarnate Mercy of God
I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord (Phil. 3:8). ⧾
Our Gospel reading today is taken...
Saint Vincent Ferrer’s Gentle Fire
Saint Vincent Ferrer (+1419), whose commemoration is on this April 5th, was a fiery, intense, highly intelligent Dominican missionary, who travelled the length and...
Ta’ Ġieżu Crucifix
Today, Friday 4 April 2025, at Valletta, the capital city of Malta, there is the procession with the Ta’ Ġieżu Crucifix. This famous and...
Homily for the Funeral of the Late, Great Pope John Paul II
(On this twentieth anniversary of the death of Pope Saint John Paul II, here is the beautiful funeral homily of Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, who...
Laetare Sunday: The Penitent Prodigal and Giving God His Due
So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with...
Why Confess Our Sins?
The Catholic Encyclopedia explains that a sacrament “is an outward sign instituted by Christ to impart grace to the soul.” All Christians believe in...
Homily of JP II in the Basilica of the Annunciation
A blessed Solemnity of the Annunciation to one and all! Verbum caro factum est! Here is a meditation of the late, great John Paul...
Holy Mary of Nazareth
(On this vigil of the Annunciation, when Mary's fiat changed the course of history forever, here are some words of preparation from contributor Carl...
Third Sunday of Lent: Accepting or Rejecting God’s Truth
Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness (1 Cor. 10:5). ⧾
These sobering words from...
