The Name by Which We Are Saved
Homily for 5 January 2025 Most Holy Name of Jesus Non est in alio aliquo salus, nec enim aliud nomen est sub caelo datum hominibus,...
The Cast Off Christmas Tree — A Christmas-Lenten Children’s Book
Saints throughout history — like St Francis and St Thérèse — have never ceased marveling with amazement and awe at the Littleness of God. We...
The Name of Jesus Makes a Contemplative Man
Richard Rolle My favourite representative of devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus is the delightfully eccentric and utterly incandescent Richard Rolle, a mystic of...
The Passion of the Infant Christ
The Child in Egypt The name Egypt occurs three times in today’s gospel. “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt” (Mt...
Wreathe the Door of Thy Heart
December 26 Saint Stephen the Protomartyr The painting is by Blessed Fra Angelico (1400-1455). Blessed Fra Angelico’s paintings are theological; they are a holy preaching...