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Divino Afflante Spiritu His Holiness Pope Pius XII Encyclical Letter on the Promotion of Biblical Studies September 30, 1943 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]o Our Venerable Brethren, Patriarchs, Archbishops and other Local Ordinaries enjoying Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See. Inspired by the Divine Spirit, the Sacred Writers...

08 February, 2016 /

The infinite mercy and goodness of God are revealed in the parables of the lost coin, the lost sheep, & the Good Samaritan. St. Maximus the Confessor says these prove that Jesus Christ goes to any lengths to seek us out when we have...

07 February, 2016 /

O ADMIRABILE COMMERCIUM! (O Marvelous Exchange!) Dom Columba Marmion, son of an Irish mother and a French father, taught theology at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, before becoming Abbot of the Benedictine Monastery of Maredsous, Belgium in 1909. There he lived, prayed, and wrote until his...

07 February, 2016 /

The Virtue of Charity Pope St. Leo the Great Early Church Father & Doctor of the Church This excerpt from a sermon by Saint Leo the Great (Sermo 10 in Quadragesima, 3-5: PL 54, 299-301) on the theological virtue of charity or divine love (called “agape” in the...

07 February, 2016 /

LETTERS 60-173 ST. LEO THE GREAT Early Church Father & Doctor of the Church [Translated by the Rev. Charles Lett Feltoe, M.A., late Fellow of ClareCollege, Cambridge.] (NOTE: The electronic text obtained from The Electronic Bible Society was not completely corrected. EWTN has corrected all discovered errors.) [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100'...

07 February, 2016 /

HOMILY 95 ON THE BEATITUDES (MATTHEW 5:1-9) Pope St. Leo the Great Early Church Father & Doctor of the Church [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]ntroduction of the subject. When our LORD Jesus Christ, beloved, was preaching the gospel of the Kingdom, and was healing various sicknesses through the...

07 February, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']M[/dropcaps]ost Catholics receive Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist while they are still    children under parental authority. Usually, of course, the process of preparing young people to receive these three sacraments of initiation (Canon 842 § 2) proceeds smoothly. At...

07 February, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps] Second only perhaps to pastors, catechists are more likely than any other parish staffer to encounter questions about canon law. This is because catechists, especially those working with adults seeking to convert, are recognized as accessible sources of information about...

07 February, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']N[/dropcaps]ew Haven — On June 3, 1979, a few months after Cardinal Karol Wojtyla became the first Slavic pope, he set out as the vision of his pontificate "that this Polish pope, this Slav pope, should at this precise moment...

07 February, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']W[/dropcaps]ith this solemn liturgy we end the celebration of the nineteenth centenary of the      martyrdom of the holy apostles Peter and Paul, and thus close the Year of Faith. We dedicated it to the commemoration of the holy...

07 February, 2016 /
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