The Holy Eucharist and the Life of Charity
For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for manyâ (Mk....
Saint John Paul II’s Pentecost
Homily of His Holiness John Paul II
Sunday, 31 May 1998, The Solemnity of Pentecost
Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et vivificantem:I believe in the Holy...
When I Die, Do I Want to Be a…Tree?
This phrase recently appeared in the Ottawa Citizen in an article on the greening of death, a quote from Susan Koswan, a Waterloo writer...
A Grace-Filled Pentecost! Come Holy Ghost!
âIf a man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make...
Gaudete Sunday: The Baptist’s Joyful Humility
âTruly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom...
The Meaning of the Magi and the Star of Bethlehem
Every year, we celebrate the feast of the Epiphany, commemorating the visit of the magi to the Holy Family, on Jan. 6 (hence the...
C. S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity and the Puritan Paradigm of Conversion
 In a letter of 11 December 1944 C. S. Lewis mentions five âshining examples of human holinessâ. Along with Saint Francis, George Herbert, George...
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...
Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder?
College professors sometimes have too much time on their hands. While digging around in the crypt of an old medieval library in Oxford, I...
The Mystery of Salvific Suffering
As we move towards Holy Week in this last week of Lent - in the midst of this global crisis, the unfolding effects of which...
