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      Sixth Sunday and the Keeping of 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...

      The Suffering of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich

      February 9th marks the anniversary of the death of Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich in 1824.  An Augustinian nun, she was highly favoured by God...

      Emotions in Prayer

      There are so many different approaches to prayer, which may, following Saint Teresa of Avila, be described as 'conversation with God'. I recently attended...

      John Paul II at Lourdes

      PILGRIMAGE OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II TO LOURDES ON THE OCCASION OF 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROMULGATION OF THE DOGMA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION HOMILY OF THE HOLY...

      The Mills of God Grind Slowly

      We are currently witnessing numerous calamities in the order of nature: earthquakes, droughts, floods, and disasters which cause the unforeseen death of thousands of...

      The Fading of the Feminist Fad

      I’m a nasty woman,” Ashley Judd 2017 Three years ago – the Saturday after Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration in Washington – a million women gathered...

      Blessed Candles, Holy Families

      In the past year, the Good Lord has willed that some serious challenges beset my family, challenges which have brought me to my knees...

      The Dreadful but Hopeful Dream of the Two Pillars

      Try to picture yourselves with me on the seashore, or, better still, on an outlying cliff with no other land in sight. The vast...

      Pope Benedict and the Angelic Doctor

      BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter's Square Wednesday, 2 June 2010 Saint Thomas Aquinas Dear Brothers and Sisters, After several Catecheses on the priesthood and on my latest Journeys, today...

      Lawlessness and Trumping Choice

      Besides being the memorial - or, as I like to think of it, the feast - of Saint Thomas Aquinas, this is also the...