In Flanders Fields
In Flanders Fields
BY JOHN MCCRAE
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
    That mark our place; and in the sky
    The larks, still...
Angelus, 2007: Saint Martin of Tours
BENEDICT XVI
ANGELUS
St Peter's Square
Sunday, 11 November 2007
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today, 11 November, the Church remembers St Martin, Bishop of Tours, one of the most...
The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran: The First Church of Christendom,...
Brothers and sisters, you are God’s building. ... For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. (1 Cor 3:9, 17)
November 9th, just before...
Blessed John Duns Scotus, the Great Defender of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
The 8th of November is the liturgical memorial of Blessed John Duns Scotus. In his apostolic letter on the occasion of the seventh century...
Saint Thomas’ Profundity: A Poem
(On this memorial of Blessed Duns Scotus, here is a poem on his near-contemporary, Saint Thomas, by high school senior, Brendan Brunet. If Mr....
Sunday Musical Offering: The Time for Flowers, and Mozart’s 36th Masterpiece
A friend just sent along this poignant ballad, and as I wrote in reply, in gist, that I enjoy pretty much anything with a...
Saint Felix – A Hermit Turned Friar
On the eve of November 4, 1212, in a remote town in Meaux, France, a monk, in his dying bed, asked that his brothers...
Saint Catherine of Genoa, the Holy Souls, and True Reform
(On this commemoration of All Souls, beginning this month dedicated to all the faithful departed, here is a meditation on the great Saint Catherine...
Pope John Paul’s All Souls’ Message
JOHN PAUL II
ANGELUS - ALL SOULS DAY
Sunday, 2 November 1997
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
1. Yesterday we celebrated the Solemnity of All Saints and today the...
Palestrina’s Iesu Rex Admirabilis
The feast of Christ the King (in the usus antiquior) was put in place on this last Sunday of October to counteract so-called Reformation...
