Weekly Insight
Fortunate Faustina and the Divine Mercy
On this fifth of October, we celebrate one of the newest of saints in the liturgical calendar, placed therein only a few years ago, with October 5th, the day she entered eternity, chosen as...
Saint Francis: A Most Radical Man
(This October 4th marks the 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis of Assisi, one of the most well-known and beloved amongst the panoply of saints. Enjoy the reprise reflection...)
There are as many...
Pope Benedict and Saint Francis, Il Poverello
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Saint Francis of Assisi
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In a recent Catechesis, I illustrated the providential role the Orders of Friars Minor and the Order of...
Illusory AI Companions
A friend who works at a long-term care home, where many of the residents suffer from Alzheimer’s, sent me this webpage on a new technology. It’s developed by an engineer from Quebec (made in...
Holy Communion Prayer
Holy Communion Prayer
In ancient years You bled upon a tree.
May You bleed upon this altar now for me.
The Host raised high, the Cup aloft …
beat my heart to murmurings soft.
I eat the bread and...
The Myriads of Holy Guardian Angels
This memorial of the Guardian Angels goes back to the year 1500, the very dawn of the Protestant ‘Reformation’, seventeen years before Luther would pin his theses to the church door at Wittenburg on...
Thérèse of Lisieux of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face
On the first day of October we celebrate the Saint of the Little Way, Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (1873 - 1897), also known after the place of her...
The Passion of the Saints
(On this memorial of Saint Jerome here is a reflection by contributor Alexa Bulman, on the 'thumos' of the saints, their passion and drive, who did no things by half, but always in full...
Do We Have a Right to the TLM?
The limits recently placed on the Latin Mass at the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri in Toronto bring to the fore the quasi-Hegelian tension between Benedict’s Summorum Pontificum and Francis’ Traditiones Custodes. By the former,...
Pope Benedict and Saint Jerome
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Saint Jerome (1)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today, we turn our attention to St Jerome, a Church Father who centred his life on the Bible: he translated it into...
Saint Jerome’s Inspired Vulgarity
All saints change history, often in ways that are mysterious and opaque, but at times more obviously. Such is Saint Jerome (347 - 420), to whom we may attribute the first truly 'critical' version...
Autumnal Catholicism: Michaelmas and Liturgical Time
(Contributor Tate Pumfrey here offers a window into the Church's traditions and customs, which are of venerable lineage, but, we should add, no longer binding on Catholics. That said, one may follow some or...
J.S. Bach and Saint Michael
Michaelmas of 1724 - the 29th of September, now the feast of all the Archangels - saw the first performance of J.S. Bach's cantata, Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, (Lord God, we all...
Saint Michael and the Eucharistic Eschatological Battle
The great dragon, the primeval serpent, known as the devil or Satan, who had deceived all the world, was hurled down to the earth and his angels were hurled down with him (Rev. 12:9).
Today...
Michael and the Holy Archangels
A blessed feast of the Archangels to all our readers! This day is traditionally called 'Michaelmas', with the focus on the 'one who is like God' who does battle with the devil. But as...
