Tuesday, December 16, 2025

The True Meaning of Happiness

In his message for the celebration of the 50th world day of peace, His Holiness Pope Francis stated that ā€œthe eight beatitudes (cf. Mt...

Walker Percy and the Modern Malaise

Walker Percy (1916-1990), born and raised in the South, was a member of that rare breed of southern Catholic writers. His grandfather and later...

18th Sunday: The Bread of Life and the Canon of Holy Mass

For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.Ā (JnĀ 6:33) As we listen to our Lord’s Eucharistic...

Finding Our Way: Mass Ad Orientem, Towards Our Saviour

Have you ever been really lost? Lost to the point of having no clue which direction you needed to go? What would you do...

Blessed Anicet Koplinski and Companions, Martyrs of the Nazis

Thursday 16 June 2022, is the liturgical memorial of our Capuchin brothers Blessed Anicet Koplinski and his companions who were martyred in World War...

Pentecost’s Fortitude

ā€˜Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me so I send you’ (Jn. 20:21). ā§¾ The text of the Gospel brings us back...

What King James Has to Say about the Lectionary

The current lectionary at Mass in Canada has been in use for nearly thirty years now; it was introduced in 1992. At that time...

Pope Benedict and the Sacred Heart

SOLEMNITY OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS OPENING OF THE YEAR FOR PRIESTS ON THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF SAINT JOHN MARY VIANNEY HOMILY OF HIS...

The Visitation: The First Eucharistic Procession

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI DURING THE PRAYER MEETING IN THE VATICAN GARDENS FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THE MARIAN MONTH OF MAYGrotto of Our Lady...

The Sanity of Frank Sheed

Frank Sheed (1897-1982) was born in Australia to a Presbyterian father and a Catholic mother. Reared a Protestant, at the age of 16 he...