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      To My Fellow Brother Priests

      During the long and momentous papacy of Pope St John Paul II, it was customary for the Holy Father to write a yearly letter...

      Pope John Paul II’s First Holy Thursday Letter to Priests

      LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II TO ALL THE PRIESTS ON THE OCCASION OF HOLY THURSDAY 1979   Dear Brother Priests, For you I am a...

      Pope Benedict’s Last Holy Thursday

      (Here is Pope Benedict's homily for April 5th, 2012, for the Mass of the Last Supper...one year before he made his own 'exodus' from...

      Remembering Father Alphonse de Valk

      (Today marks the fifth anniversary of the death of Father Alphonse de Valk, C.S.B., a faithful, courageous and indefatigable Basilian priest, pro-life-and-family apostle, and...

      My Name is Bernadette

      April 16th is a propitious day, for besides the anniversary of Father de Valk's death, who founded this magazine in its print form decades...

      A Eucharistic Connection to the Washing of the Feet

      Lent is a fitting time for Christians to re-evaluate some of the essentials that are often taken for granted in the faith. Catholics are...

      Unlocking the Hope That is In Us

      According to St. Thomas Aquinas, “The most hopeful people in the world are the young and the drunk. The first because they have little...

      Victoria’s Caligaverunt Oculi Mei

      Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611) composed this motet of lament sometime before 1585, when it was published. The text, below, is taken...

      Passion Sunday: The Rending of the Veil

      While the sun’s light failed…the curtain of the temple was torn in two (Lk.23:45). Palm Sunday begins our observance of Holy Week, the Week of...

      Luke’s Passion and Compassion

      Last year on Palm Sunday we heard the passion from Saint Mark’s Gospel, and next year it will be from Saint Matthew. Each is...