The God of Love: Christ in the Song of Songs

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for...

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...

Pope Benedict and Saint Paul’s Conversion

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 3 September 2008 Saint Paul (3) St Paul's "Conversion". Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today's Catechesis is dedicated to the experience that Paul...

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...

Pope Benedict and Saint Hilary

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter's Square Wednesday, 10 October 2007 Saint Hilary of Poitiers Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, I would like to talk about a great Father of...