Category: Paschaltide 2009

A Pentecost Meditation Alleluia! Today the Spirit of the Lord has invaded the cosmos and filled it! Life spills out of the Cenacle and, like...

“Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, ‘I have seen the Lord’; and she told them that He had said these things to her.”...

Sixth Monday of Paschaltide Acts 16:11-15 John 15:26–16:4 Three Fundamental Values Saint Luke’s account of the conversion of Lydia Purpuraria (the dealer in purple stuffs)...

Saturday of Pascha “Sabbatum in Albis Depositis” The Lord brought forth His people with joy, alleluia: and His chosen ones with gladness, alleluia, alleluia. V....

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...

Goya’s painting of the repentant Apostle Peter fits today’s Gospel. Note the keys resting on a rock directly beneath Saint Peter’s hands. Raised Up by...

Sixth Sunday of Paschaltide B John 15:9-17 1 John 4:7-10 Acts 10:25-26. 34-35. Photo of a window in the chapel of All Saints Convent, Oxford,...

Fifth Monday of Paschaltide Acts 14:5-18 John 14:21-26 And I Will Love Him I am grateful to the Apostle Saint Jude for the marvelous dialogue...

Third Sunday of Paschaltide The Incendiary Gospel “Lord Jesus, open the Scriptures to us. When Thou speakest, make our hearts burn with love” (cf. Lk...

The stained-glass window depicts King Athelstan the Glorious. Acts 4: 23-31 “And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said,...

Wednesday of Pascha Come, you blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom, alleluia prepared for you since the foundation of the world, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia...

Monday of Pascha I first preached this homily in 1996. It may yet be useful to those of you who are beginning to discover the...