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...