First Sunday of Advent: The Fulfilment of Revelation

For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem (Lk. 21: 36). The first Sunday of Advent marks...

Second Sunday of Advent: The Baptist’s Call to Repentance

The nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious (Is. 11:10). The Gospel of the Mass on this second Sunday of Advent...

Christ the King, and the Promise of Eternal Life

‘Truly, I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise’ (Lk. 23:43). From the moment that Our Lord spoke these words, the Church...

The Day of Wrath, and an Apocalyptic Scowl

"When the Sone of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?" Lk 18:8 Newton's Prophecy Isaac Newton, who died nearly three centuries ago, was not...

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders Fields BY JOHN MCCRAE In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row,     That mark our place; and in the sky     The larks, still...

The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran: The First Church of Christendom,...

Brothers and sisters, you are God’s building. ... For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. (1 Cor 3:9, 17) November 9th, just before...

We Got Your God! The Trinitarians Ransom Christ

“We got your God, we got your God!” echoes of these words rampage throughout the city of Mamora, an old African town on the...

Canada’s New World Disorder

Your degeneracy is astonishing. Find God,” responded Josh Alexander to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s June 21 tweet from Reykjavik:“Took this yesterday before heading home...

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...

The Paradox of Parables

You have just heard one of the parables of Jesus, quite a complicated one. It accomplishes what a parable is supposed to do: it...