Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Pope St. John Paul II

Canonizing Sister Faustina and Divine Mercy

HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHER  MASS IN ST PETER'S SQUARE FOR THE CANONIZATION OF SR MARY FAUSTINA KOWALSKA Sunday, 30 April 2000   1. "Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus, quoniam in...

Our Lady’s Good Counsel

Our Lady of Good Counsel - Mater Boni Consilii - is one of the many titles of the Virgin Mary, this one dating back...

Saint Mark and the Resurrection

At Easter Sunday Mass, you heard the closing verses of Saint Mark’s Gospel, or almost so. I say “almost” because our lectionary omits the...

Pope Benedict and Saint Anselm

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 23 September 2009 Saint Anselm Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Benedictine Abbey of Sant'Anselmo is located on the Aventine Hill...

My Name is Bernadette

April 16th is a propitious day, for besides the anniversary of Father de Valk's death, who founded this magazine in its print form decades...

Our Lady of Sorrows Celebration in Malta

Today, the Friday before Good Friday, in Malta and Gozo is celebrated the devotion of Our Lady of Sorrows. Today, all Malta and Gozo...

Saint Vincent Ferrer’s Gentle Fire

Saint Vincent Ferrer (+1419), whose commemoration is on this April 5th, was a fiery, intense, highly intelligent Dominican missionary, who travelled the length and...

Homily of JP II in the Basilica of the Annunciation

A blessed Solemnity of the Annunciation to one and all! Verbum caro factum est! Here is a meditation of the late, great John Paul...

Holy Mary of Nazareth

(On this vigil of the Annunciation, when Mary's fiat changed the course of history forever, here are some words of preparation from contributor Carl...

Saint Patrick’s Magnificat

Towards the end of his life, Saint Patrick wrote his 'Confessions' which, like his near-contemporaneous Saint Augustine's autobiography of the same title, is meant...