The Voice and the Dawn
âSo he said, 'I am, as Isaiah prophesied: A voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way for the Lord'â (Jn 1:23).
âHe was...
Pope Benedict on Matthew
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 30 August 2006
Matthew
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Continuing the series of portraits of the Twelve Apostles that we began a...
The Sacred Sacrifice and the Secular Mindset
The bishops of Quebec, Vancouver, and Toronto and other sundry regions seem finally to realize what is at stake. When Covid first hit, they...
The Holy Season of Lent
âWorship the Lord your God, and serve only Himâ (Mt. 4:11).
On Ash Wednesday we begin the observance of the holy season of Lent with...
Almsgiving in the Twenty-first Century
âGrace builds on nature.â (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
This statement from Saint Thomasâs Summa expresses in succinct form the theological insight that creation and redemption are...
Catherine Labouré and the Miraculous Medal
November 27th is the anniversary of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Catherine Labouré (1806 - 1876), a Visitation Sister, during...
Put Not Your Trust in Princes
In the last several weeks leading up to the Presidential election â and in the few weeks following it â Iâve found myself so...
Councils, Chiefs and Trudeau’s Chaos
The pathetic summation of Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services, says it all: The protests, clogging up the entire Canadian economy, or whatâs left...
Martha, Mary and Ill-Fated Marriage
Our Lady of Fatima purportedly revealed to young Jacinta that many marriages are not willed by God, the truth of which may be borne...
Saints Newman and Paul’s Logical Minds
Much of the pleasure in writing about John Henry Newman comes from the opportunity to quote his exquisite prose. Consider this statement from a...
