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Pope Benedict on Judas and Matthias
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 18 October 2006
Judas Iscariot and Matthias
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today, concluding our walk through the portrait gallery...
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So wrote the Bard in his 1602 play the Twelfth Night, and...
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Tolkien and Saint Brendan
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote much else besides Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit - he was an Oxford scholar, with many articles and essays and, of course, poems, including one on today's saint, Brendan the Navigator. We present here the first stanza:
At last out of the deep seas he...
Novena to the Holy Ghost, Third Day – The Gift of...
Third Day (for the First Day, please see here)
Thou, of all consolers best,
Visiting the troubled breast,
Dost refreshing peace bestow
The Gift of Piety
The gift of Piety begets in our hearts a filial affection for God as our most loving Father. It inspires us to love and respect for...
Novena to the Holy Ghost, Second Day – The Gift of...
Second Day (for the First Day, please see here)
Come, Father of the Poor!
Come, treasures that endure!
Come, Light of all that live!
The Gift of Fear
The gift of Fear fills us with a sovereign respect for God, and makes us dread nothing so much as to offend Him by sin....
Easter
Mothers’ Day
A Blessed Sixth Sunday of Easter to all our readers, which also happens to be the secular commemoration of Mothers' Day, which became widespread...
Fifth Sunday of Easter: Offering Diakonia
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, Godâs own people; in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts...
Fourth Sunday and Obeying the Good Shepherd
âMy sheep hear my voice. I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perishâ (Jn. 10:27).
In...
Third Sunday of Easter: Growing in Love of the Lord
Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you (Jn. 21:17). ⧟
The Easter Season is a privileged time of liturgical catechesis or instruction...
Divine Mercy Sunday – An Echo of Every Mass
Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believeââŠÂ âMy Lord and my God!â (Jn. 20:18)).
Today is Divine...
In the Glorious Light of Easter, Alleluia!
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden...
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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).
