Weekly Insight
Two Great Bookend Popes on Saint Joseph
I think of Pope Leo XIII (the last pope of that name, who reigned from 1878 to 1903, after whom the current pope took his own title) and Pope Saint John Paul II (from...
The Foster-Father of All of Us
Growing up, I didn’t really have a father figure. Because of that, I didn’t have much respect for the vocation of a father or a husband. It felt distant, almost irrelevant—like something I couldn’t...
The 151st Anniversary of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church
Pope Blessed Pius IX declared Saint Joseph patron of the universal Church on this day, in 1870. This was sixteen years after the same Pontiff defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, on the same...
Homily of Pope Benedict on Saint Joseph
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY
OF THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI
TO CAMEROON AND ANGOLA
(MARCH 17-23, 2009)
EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION
ON THE OCCASION OF THE PUBLICATION
OF THEÂ INSTRUMENTUM LABORIS
HOMILYÂ OF THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI
Amadou Ahidjo Stadium of Yaoundé
Thursady, 19 March 2009
Dear Brother Bishops,
Dear Brothers...
Ite Ad Joseph!
A blessed and joyous solemnity of Saint Joseph to all our readers!
The strong and silent saint from the Gospel is a fitting one for our troubled times: Husband of the Virgin Mary, and foster...
Pope Benedict and Saint Cyril
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Our attention today is focused on St Cyril of Jerusalem. His life is woven of two dimensions: on the one...
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem: The Renewal of Catechetics
The saints during Lent - with few exceptions, such as Saint Joseph - are celebrated as muted 'commemorations', but that does not decrease their significance as saints, and we should still remember them for...
From 19th-Century Convert to 21st-Century Doctor: Newman’s Theology Speaks to Today
Introduction
In a time of quick changes in culture, and of secularism, and doctrinal arguments within the Church, the theology of St. John Henry Newman (1801–1890) stands out as very prescient. Newman was born in...
Saint Patrick and His Emerald Isle
A very happy Saint Patrick’s Day, to all our readers, and we extend that to all who are of Irish lineage, or those who would like to be, or those who just enjoy participating...
Music, Joy, Laetare and Lent
Laetare Sunday marks the halfway point of Lent. It is so named after the Introit, from Isaiah 66:10–11 and Psalms 121:1.
Lætare Jerusalem et conventum facite omnes qui diligitis eam; gaudete cum lætitia, qui in...
Fourth Sunday of Lent: Siloam and Spiritual Blindness
Once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light – for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and true (Eph....
Pilgrimage to the Martyrs
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College is embarking tomorrow on our annual pilgrimage to Martyrs' Shrine in Midland, following the steps of Saints Jean de Brebeuf, Gabriel Lalemant and their companions who gave their...
The Moral Quagmire of Total War and Unconditional Surrender
War is always a bad business, even in the most just of them, the criteria for which the current conflagration does not seem fit. Whatever one's view, as one of the worst of evils...
The Weight of Conversion
As of this writing, I have 53 days until I am confirmed into the Catholic Church. An astonishing thing for many reasons. Mainly because I never thought there would be a day I would...
Audi Benigne Conditor: An Introduction to the Latin Poetry of the Church
Should it please the reader to explore the Church’s rich repository of Latin poetry, I shall gladly introduce you. Surely, it is a noble study which you undertake, and I hope to direct your...
