Peter Damian’s Book of Gomorrah
St. Peter Damian (1007-1073) was a Benedictine monk and Cardinal Bishop whose principle legacy relevant to our time is his slim volume titled The...
John Paul II and Cathedra Petri
EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION WITH THE NEW CARDINALS
HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II
Thursday, 22 February 2001
Feast of Saint Peter's Chair
1. "'Who do you say that I am?'. Simon...
The Lenten Fast for Today’s Catholic
Can there be a shorter account of Our Lord’s forty days in the desert than the one from Saint Mark? It omits not only...
Spiritual and Secular Asceticism
A blessed and grace-filled Lenten season to all our readers, beginning with this solemn commemoration of Ash Wednesday to launch us on our way...
Last Thoughts on Vanier
A friend asked me to write a follow up to my initial article on Catholic Insight concerning Jean Vanier, and I will hopefully leave...
Novena to Saint Joseph!
The universal solemnity to Saint Joseph, patron of the universal Church (and of Canada) is on March 19th, and the novena to one of...
The Second Sunday of Lent: The Wonder of the Transfiguration
The Transfiguration is celebrated twice in the Church’s liturgy: on the second Sunday of Lent but also on 6 August. The latter date is...
Vivaldi and Piergolesi’s Stabat Maters
For Lenten music on this Second Sunday, you will enjoy Vivaldi's Stabat Mater, an elegiac piece composed sometime before 1727, when it premiered, based...
Sine Qua Non of Sunday Family Dinner
A few years ago, my husband and I looked around at our family and realized that our existing dining area was becoming too small...
Lenten Third Sunday Music: de Lassus and Chants
For this Third Sunday in Lent, given the circumstances of the world, the suggestions of Pater Ignotus include this setting of the seven penitential...