Pope Benedict XVI Closes Our Lady’s Month
Here is a translation of the address the Holy Father gave Saturday evening at the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens at the annual Marian...
A Church Driven by the Breath of God
Homily of Pope Benedict XVI for the Solemnity of Pentecost 2009 Apart from being a magnificent example of mystagogical preaching, the Holy Father’s Pentecost homily...
The Old Man Who Gives You Flowers
And, for Mother’s Day, another touching excerpt from E. Boyd Barrett’s autobiographical A Shepherd Without Sheep: In spite of his rebellion, his confusion of mind,...
Dum pendebat Filius
Last night He sat with us at table. His Face illumined the Upper Room and there, just above the bread and behind the chalice, beat...
Eia, Mater, Fons Amoris
Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent Commemoration of the Sorrowful Compassion of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Virgin of Sorrows is the Portress of...