Mercy, Not Mutilation!
(Father Robert Weaver makes an intriguing analogy here, in the theme of not accepting 'who we are' before God, whether that be a different...
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem: The Vital Importance of Catechetics
The saints during Lent - with few exceptions, such as Saint Joseph - are celebrated as muted 'commemorations', but that does not decrease their...
Pope Benedict and Saint Cyril
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Our attention today is focused on St Cyril of Jerusalem....
A Few Good Men, and the Tragic Tale of the Renfrew School Board
As mentioned previously, a concerned parent, and former teacher, L.J. Helferty, gave an address a couple of weeks ago to the Renfrew School Board,...
Byrd’s Ne Irascaris Domine – Be Not Angry, O Lord, Forever
For our Sunday musical offering this week, we present William Byrd's sublime setting of the Lenten motet Ne Irascaris Domine, in four parts, first...
Christ Comes to Meet Us, To Take Away our Sins
As we journey through the beautiful season of Lent the Church has provided us with some magnificent Gospel readings. In the First Sunday of...
Third Sunday and Thirsting at the Well For the Water of Life
‘Give me a drink’ (Jn. 4:7).
The conversation of Our Lord and the Samaritan woman revolves around the gift of water. This request is presented...
Tagging the Palace Walls
I was in Desmond’s Hip City.
Delroy Wilson’s musty Dancing Mood
posters strewn underfoot. Party for the End of the World
slapped on the hoarding, made from...
Saint Frances of Rome, Then and Now
We should not be surprised that the saints speak to us through the ages, how they responded in their own era - always with...
Contra Cardinal McElroy’s Moral Muddle
In January, Cardinal Robert McElroy, one of the most recent Bishops elevated to the cardinalate by Pope Francis, published quite a controversial article in...