Saint Bernard on the Wounds of Christ
Where can the weak find a place of firm security and peace, except in the wounds of the Savior? Indeed, the more secure is my...
The Voice of the Shepherd Christ
Readers familiar with the work of Adé Béthune will recognize here her Good Shepherd. Clean lines, simplicity, and strength characterize Adé’s work. She has had...
Repleti sunt omnes Spiritu Sancto
Alleluia! Today the Spirit of the Lord has invaded the cosmos and filled it! Life spills out of the Cenacle and, like a torrent of...
Having Cast Aside What Is Old
Saturday of the Seventh Week of Paschaltide Acts 28:16–20, 30_31 Psalm 10:4, 5 and 7 (R. 7b) John 21: 20–25 The Forty–Ninth Day of The...
Grace and the Strength of Perseverance
Fifth Thursday of Paschaltide Acts 15:7-21 Psalm 95: 1-2a, 2b-3, 10 John 15:9-11 O God whose grace makes just men out of wicked ones, and...
Pax Domini Sit Semper Vobiscum
Fifth Tuesday of Paschaltide Acts 14:19-28 Psalm 144:10-11, 12-13ab, 21 John 14:27-31a My Peace I Give to You Today’s Gospel gives us the very words...
And I Will Manifest Myself to Him
Fifth Monday of Paschaltide Acts 14:5–18 Psalm 113B:1–2, 3–4, 15–16 (R.1ab) John 14:21–26 Grateful to Saint Jude We are grateful to the Apostle Saint Jude...
Holding Fast to the Hard Saying
Third Saturday of Paschaltide Acts 9:31-42 Psalm 115: 12-13, 14-15, 16-17 John 6: 60-69 A Eucharistic Lectio Divina If in your lectio divina this past...
The Wounds of Christ Applied to the Soul
“See my hands and my feet” (Lk 24:39). Jesus would have us contemplate his holy and glorious wounds. The wounds of the Risen Christ are...
Our Wounded God
Christ’s Holy and Glorious Wounds I was present in Saint Peter’s Square last Sunday when, in the course of Holy Mass, Pope Benedict XVI preached...
Plagas, sicut Thomas, non intueor
Here at Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, I have the privilege of living just a few steps away from the Chapel of the Sacred Relics where...
O Blessed Wound!
On the occasion of the Holy Father’s 80th birthday and in response to his invitation to contemplate the wounded Side of Christ, I offer again...
Quoniam in saeculum misericordia eius
Haec est dies quam fecit Dominus “This is the day the Lord has made, let us be glad and rejoice in it!” (Ps 117:24). For...