Pope Leo XIV – Inaugural Mass Homily
Elected on May 8, 2025, as the 267th successor of St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV’...
Dr. Italy
Elected on May 8, 2025, as the 267th successor of St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV’...
Saint Joseph always appears in Manger scenes during Advent and Easter time and e...
The story of Doubting Thomas shows us that even apostles live, not by justice, but by Divine Mercy. That's why this story is always the subject of th...
Easter is not a day but a season: the octave which is eight days of high celebration beginning on Easter Sunday followed by 42 more days of rejoicing...
The meaning of Easter is more than springtime and dyed eggs. The significance of Easter is that not only sin but death has been conquered by the risen...
St. Augustine's Theology of the Holy Trinity This excerpt from Yves Congar's book "I Believe in the Holy Spirit" (vol. 3, Part B - chapter 1: Augustine) outlines Saint Augustine's understanding of the person and role of the Holy Spirit in relation to the other two persons...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']H[/dropcaps]ere is a family story of Pope John Paul II, an intimate tale of his humanity. During the summer of 1942, two women in Krakow, Poland, were denounced as Jews, taken to the city's prison, held there for a few months and then...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']W[/dropcaps]e shall pray without ceasing to the Creator of all things, and beg him to preserve the number of his elect throughout the whole world, through his beloved son Jesus Christ, and not let a single one of them fall...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']B[/dropcaps]ut not to dwell upon ancient examples, let us come to the most recent spiritual heroes. Let us take the noble examples furnished in our own generation. Through envy and jealousy, the greatest and most righteous pillars [of the Church]...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]hap. I. The salutation. Praise of the Corinthians before the breaking forth of schism among them. THE Church of God which sojourns at Rome, to the Church of God sojourning at Corinth, to them that are called and sanctified by the will...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]o Ermentrude, dearest sister, Clare of Assisi, humble handmaid of Jesus Christ, greetings and peace. I know that you, o dearest sister, have fled the filth of the world, with the help of God's grace; for which I rejoice and give thanks...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]o the esteemed and most holy virgin, the Lady Agnes, daughter of the most excellent and illustrious King of Bohemia: Clare, an unworthy servant of Jesus Christ and useless handmaid of the Cloistered Ladies of the Monastery of San Damiano,...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']O[/dropcaps]kay, brothers and sisters, this year our fall mission theme is biblical geography." This is not the type of catch phrase that has historically packed 'em in for the big Church mission. To many, the idea of studying geography sounds as...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps] remember growing up with a love for books. It wasn't unusual for me to read a book through three or four times, each time finding intriguing new bits of information about characters and plots that I didn't see before....
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']W[/dropcaps]hat if your friends and family could only draw their conclusions about God based upon observing your life? What would they say? How would they describe God? This was the question posed to me many years ago by a good friend....