Weekly Insight
Truth and the Tradivox Catechical Compendium
There is no such things a 'perfect' Catechism, a catechism to end all catechisms, such as it were. That's why there's no end to them. And the truth, thought 'definable' - we are replete...
The O Antiphons and the Last Seven Days of Advent
On December 17th we begin the seven days of proximate preparation for Christmas, analogous to the more familiar twelve days of Christmas, which follow after the great feast. In the Western tradition of the...
Pagan Darkness and Advent’s Light
I have fond memories of strolling along beautiful Bondi beach years ago, while at World Youth Day in 2008, and it never crossed my mind that I might get shot. Perhaps dim thoughts of...
Servant of God Catherine de Hueck Doherty
Forty years ago today, on December 14, 1985, Catherine de Hueck Doherty's vagarious life came to its end in a cabin in the remote town of Combermere, Ontario. Born in Russia, and living through...
Musical Offering: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending!
Say what you like about the early Methodists, but they could write some melodious hymns, and one of the greatest and most prolific is Charles Wesley (+1788), credited with some 6500 hymns to his...
Pope Benedict Reflects on Saint John of the Cross
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Saint John of the Cross
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Two weeks ago I presented the figure of the great Spanish mystic, Teresa of Jesus. Today I would like...
Gaudete Sunday: The Baptist’s Joyful Humility
‘Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he’ (Mt. 11:11).
Today is Gaudete...
Saint Lucy’s Luminous Light
It may be difficult to believe in these dark December days, but a scant week from now, once we pass the winter solstice, the days will begin getting slowly, but perceptibly, longer. The light,...
The Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Video
In case you need further evidence that the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is miraculous, and truly that of the 'Mother of God', and our mother, this video offers much.
A blessed feast to...
Prayer of Pope John Paul II to Our Lady of Guadalupe
O Immaculate Virgin, Mother of the true God and Mother of the Church!, who from this place reveal your clemency and your pity to all those who ask for your protection, hear the prayer that we...
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother and Mystery
December the 12 is the celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe, elevated on the eve of the Third Millennium by Pope John Paul II from a commemoration to a feast. He also declared her...
In the Stillness, We Find Christ
Seeking God Through the Wisdom of St. Anselm and Blaise Pascal
St. Anselm of Canterbury stands as one of the great minds of Christian history. His works shaped the contours of Western theology, especially his...
The Black Madonna on her Miraculous Pilgrimage
During Advent, on December 12, we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It is an image traditionally held not to have been made by human hands, a miraculous sign that continues to...
Pope Saint Damasus: The Faith, the Vulgate and the Mass of All Time
We owe quite a lot to Pope Saint Damasus (305 - 384), who oversaw the universal Church during the tumultuous era of the lingering Arian crisis from 366 to his death in good old...
Presidential Address on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
President Donald Trump has issued an address to the nation on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the patronal feast of the United States. Neither of his two Catholic predecessors in office - JFK...
