Mary, Ever Virgin, Yet Mother of All
In these latter days of Advent, our focus, liturgically and devotionally, is on Our Lady, expectant, preparing to give birth to the One who...
Pope Benedict’s Final Advent Angelus
(What follows is Pope Benedict XVI's last Advent Angelus address as Pope, in 2012. A couple of months later, in February, 2013, he would...
The Christmas Novena of Saint Alphonsus Ligouri
On December 16, we begin the Christmas Novena. In these nine days of reflection this Novena will take us up to Christmas Eve, December...
Saint John of the Cross and the Path to the Heights of Holiness
What does Saint John of the Cross, whose memorial we celebrate in these ides of the dark days of December, saint stand for? Before...
Guadalupe’s Timeless Message
This year, the third Sunday of Advent was also the great feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This story is a very powerful reminder...
Handel and His Miraculous Messiah
Handel's Messiah dates back to 1742, an Oratorio that pulls out all the stops, usually connected with Christmas, but actually follows the whole life...
Sunday Musical Offering: Jean Mouton’s Nesciens Mater
Jean Mouton (1459 - 1522) was a French priest, canon and, like Vivaldi (also ordained), a prolific composer, well ahead of his time in...
Listen: A Poem
Listen
Everything is loud, until you listen.
If you couldn’t speak, what would you do?
What would you notice?
The miracles of Christ or Christ?
Hume said, “The Son...
Third Sunday of Advent: Rejoice, in Integrity and Constancy
The Lord your God, is in your midst…He will renew you in His love (Zeph. 3:17). ⧾
The third Sunday of Advent is known as...
The Ten Blessings of the Immaculate Conception
If a blessing is God’s favour and protection, can there be an eminent example of such than the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of...