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Fourteenth Sunday: Following Christ, Meek and Humble of Heart
âCome to me all you that are weary and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and...
Pope Benedict and Saint Thomas the Apostle
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 27 September 2006
Thomas the twin
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Continuing our encounters with the Twelve Apostles chosen directly by Jesus, today...
Faith and Frying Pans: What My School Gave Me that My Parish Didn’t
Editor's Note: Church, State, and Education The history of Canada's formation and endurance as a nation-state is a unique and engaging blend of national, religious, linguistic,...
Feast and Litany of the Precious Blood
A blessed feast of the Precious Blood! This devotion was placed into the calendar, and the feast instituted by Pope Pius IX in 1849....
Editor's Corner
Saint Kilian’s Head and the Pattern Dance
Saint Kilian (or Cilian, originally in Gaelic Ceallach, 640-689) was an Irish missionary bishop who brought the Faith to central Europe, Franconia, now part...
Maria Goretti, Martyr for Chastity
It was a hot, humid and sweltering July 6th in the year of our Lord 1902, one hundred and twenty four years ago, in...
Is Public Education Salvageable?
I appreciate Mrs. Julie Douglasâ reflection on what she experienced as beneficial in the (French) publicly funded Catholic school system, as well as her...
Elizabeth of Portugal and Antoine Daniel
Elizabeth of Portugal (+1336) was of royal descent, the great-niece of the âotherâ Saint Elizabeth, of Hungary. Like her great-aunt, she was a queen,...
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Reasonable Passions
The Saint Gregory the Great Institute has just released the first of their video series on the 'wisdom of the founders of Western civilization', aptly named 'Reasonable Passions', as opposed to the destructive 'unreasonable' sort, which have done so much damage. Much of virtue and the moral life consists...
True, North, Strong… and Free? Not Quite…
The headline today declares,
Federal memo considers legal action against social media posting false info
admitting that it is not (yet) clear what action 'federal lawyers' would take. Hmm.
It goes on:
A 35-page memo to Federal Industry Minister MĂ©lanie Joly contemplates âlegal actionâ against Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media it...
Saint Anthony Zaccaria
Saint Anthony Zaccaria (+1539), from noble lineage in late-renaissance Italy, was born in Rome in 1502, on the cusp of the Protestant revolt against the Catholic Church. But the mayhem at this point was mostly in far-off northern Europe, and did not impact Anthonyâs life at first. He studied medicine,...
Sacred Heart of Jesus
A Wellspring of Graces: Rediscovered off the Beaten Path in Poland
In this month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, celebrated on June 12, Bishop Piotr Sawczuk of the Diocese of Drohiczyn elevated the...
Lessons of a Young Nun on the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Today is not just any Friday. This Friday, Catholics around the world are celebrating the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Hereâs the...
Mary’s Immaculate and Maternal Heart
On the Saturday after the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Catholic Church celebrates the Immaculate Heart of His Mother, Mary, the...
A Brief History of Devotion to the Sacred Heart and Prayer...
A blessed Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to all our readers, a feast which has its origins in the early Middle Ages,...
Pope Benedict and the Sacred Heart
SOLEMNITY OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
OPENING OF THE YEAR FOR PRIESTS
ON THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH
OF SAINT JOHN MARY VIANNEY
HOMILY OF HIS...
June is for the Sacred Heart of Jesus
God sent his only begotten son into the world, fully human and fully divine, possessing a fully human heart with valves and ventricles just like yours and mine. This heart, created by God, has written on it a deep desire to be in communion with Him. Thatâs the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Corpus Christi and the Sacred Heart
The core doctrine of Catholicism teaches that the bread and wine at Mass become Christ, His body, blood, soul, and divinity. This truth is...
Series
A Pilgrimage from Vienna to Rome
I decided to make a pilgrimage to Rome, prompted by the Jubilee year, and walking through the Holy Doors. But I couldnât just show up in Rome, so to make a pilgrimage of it.
Apologetics 101
Apologetics is the art of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse, making reference to both faith and reason as appropriate, in light of Saint Peterâs admonition to âAlways be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverenceâ (1 Peter 3:15).
