Regina Caeli – Queen of Heaven, Rejoice!
The Regina Caeli, Latin for “Queen of Heaven,” is a hymn and prayer ...
The Regina Caeli, Latin for “Queen of Heaven,” is a hymn and prayer ...
Saint Joseph always appears in Manger scenes during Advent and Easter time and e...
The Regina Caeli, Latin for “Queen of Heaven,” is a hymn and prayer dating back to around the 12th century, by an unknown author. In this...
hen Joseph de Veuster was born in Tremelo, Belgium, in 1840, few people in Europe had any firsthand knowledge of leprosy (Hansen’...
In John 10, Jesus says that his sheep hear his voice. But clearly, his words provoked controversy and crisis. Some hung on his every word, others re...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]here was only one mode of birth that was worthy of God, and that was to be born of a Virgin. Equally, who could come from a Virgin birth except God himself? The maker of mankind, if he was to...
Baptism in the Holy Spirit Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]SUMMARY: The Baptism in the Spirit is not a sacrament, but it is related to several sacraments. The Baptism in the Spirit makes real and in a way renews Christian initiation. At the...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']W[/dropcaps]e read in the gospel that when the Lord was teaching his disciples and urged them to share in his passion by the mystery of eating his body, some said: This is a hard saying, and from that time they...
St. Ambrose of Milan A Patristic Icon Pope Benedict XVI The text of an address given at the general audience of October 24, 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']D[/dropcaps]ear brothers and sisters: The saintly Bishop Ambrose, of whom I will speak to you today,...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']D[/dropcaps]ear young friends, In our pilgrimage with the mysterious Magi from the East, we have arrived at the moment which Saint Matthew describes in his Gospel with these words: "Going into the house (over which the star had halted), they saw...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps]postolic Letter In the form "motu proprio" Benedict XVI "Summorum Pontificum" Up to our own times, it has been the constant concern of Supreme Pontiffs to ensure that the Church of Christ offers a worthy ritual to the Divine Majesty, "to the praise and...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']P[/dropcaps]ROLOGUE Listen, O my son, to the precepts of thy master, and incline the ear of thy heart, and cheerfully receive and faithfully execute the admonitions of thy loving Father, that by the toil of obedience thou mayest return to Him...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']V[/dropcaps]enerated Brothers in the Episcopate and in the Priesthood! Dear Brothers and Sisters! On this 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time, our Eucharistic celebration is enriched for various reasons that impel us to give thanks to God. Concurrently, the Year of the Eucharist and...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Pope met with thousands of enthusiastic German pilgrims Monday for an audience; it lasted about ten minutes, but he arrived exactly half an hour late for it, coming from a meeting with non-Catholic religious leaders. He started with a...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']L[/dropcaps]ETTER OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI TO THE BISHOPS ON THE OCCASION OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE APOSTOLIC LETTER "MOTU PROPRIO DATA" SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM ON THE USE OF THE ROMAN LITURGY PRIOR TO THE REFORM OF 1970 My dear Brother Bishops, With great trust and hope, I am...