The Magnanimity of Bearing Misfortune Beautifully
Trite and tautological though the claim may be, permit me to begin by stating the obvious: it is good when good things happen. Good...
He Is Risen Indeed, Alleluia!
The fifty days between Easter and Pentecost are devoted to meditation on the mystery of the resurrection, which is the foundation of Christianity. Just...
The Cross as the Answer
Although he was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered. And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation...
Two Musical Settings of the Crux Fidelis
While we're still in the penitential part of the Triduum, still preparing for the great solemnity of Easter joy - here are a couple...
A Catholic Scientist Champions the Shroud of Turin
The 'Shroud of Turin', widely held as the very burial sheet of Our Lord, imprinted miraculously with the image of His own body, will...
Good Friday: Crux fidelis
Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis;
nulla talem silva profert, flore, fronde, germine,
dulce lignum, dulci clavo, dulce pondus sustinens!
Flecte ramos, arbor alta, tensa laxa...
The Power of the Easter Triduum
Now that we in the midst of Holy Week, it is important to focus our attention on the Holy Triduum or the Easter Triduum....
Pope John Paul II’s First 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...
Open Letter from Cardinal Zen to Cardinal Sarah
It has been a beloved custom of priests from across the earth to say a private Mass on one of the 45 side altars...
Chesterton’s Donkey
The Donkey
BY G. K. CHESTERTON
When fishes flew and forests walked
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood
Then surely I was born.
With monstrous...