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From Temple to Body: The Mystery of Christ and His Church
The Holy Catholic Church is a mystery of faith, a reality both visible and spiritual, founded by Jesus Christ and handed down through the...
Pope Benedict and Saint Ephraim the Deacon
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
Saint Ephrem
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Common opinion today supposes Christianity to be a European religion which subsequently...
John Paul II and Corpus Christi
Here is the Corpus Christi homily of Pope Saint John Paul II from 2002. I was in Rome that year, my first-ever visit to...
Corpus Christi: The Gift of the Holy Eucharist
(Here in Canada, Corpus Christi is transferred to the following Sunday, even if, as mentioned, the traditional day is the Thursday after Pentecost. We...
Editor's Corner
Ephraim’s Mission of Beauty
In the Church universal, we celebrate the life of Saint Ephraim, often called the 'Syrian', who is also venerated amongst the Orthodox (on January...
Saint Columbkille: An Irishman Brings Catholicism to Scotland
If you will forgive a little parochialism, today is the feast of Saint Columbkille (521-597), also called Columba, who is not celebrated in the...
Corpus Christi and the Poetry of Thomas Aquinas
(In Canada, the Solemnity is transferred to the next Sunday. In the universal Church, and various traditional rites and communities, it is celebrated on the...
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Our Lady Seat of Wisdom and of Combermere
A blessed âfeastâ of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, Sedes Sapientiae. Thi ancient and venerable title of the Virgin Mary is celebrated on June 8th as the Chora tou Achoretou, the âcontainer of the uncontainableâ, the new âark of the covenantâ, the âchosen shrineâ, as the sixth century hymn by...
The Pope’s Rosary for Peace Today
The Vatican has announced that Pope Leo XIV will lead a Rosary for peace today, at 7 pm Rome time, at the end of this Marian month - which means 1 pm for many of those of us on Eastern time (Toronto to New York)
Accompanying his repeated calls for...
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...
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).
