All Things New and Better
Mary Coredemptrix I thrilled to the passage from Saint Bernard that I read this morning at Matins of the Saturday Office of the Blessed Virgin...
Pope Benedict XVI to Priests
This particular teaching of the Holy Father went straight to my heart. It is, I think, a confirmation of the service I am called to...
Our Lady of America
A very dear priest friend and I were discussing the place given to the Blessed Virgin Mary during the Holy Father’s recent Apostolic Journey to...
Setting An Example
Yesterday was the First Saturday of the month of May. Our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI gave an edifying example of pastoral zeal to all...
See that God Has Shown Us His Face
Last Thursday, 18 April 2008, Pope Benedict XVI spoke at the Ecumenical Prayer Service held in Saint Joseph’s Church in New York City. Tomorrow the...
Turn to Jesus
With my morning coffee: reflections on the homily given by the Holy Father yesterday in Yankee Stadium. The subtitles and comments in italics are my...
Holy Father to Young People
What an extraordinary discourse this is! After sharing his the experience of his own youth marked by conflict and suffering, the Holy Father presented the...
This Beautiful Celebration
The Holy Father’s celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral this morning was, in every way, a moment of grace...
Aures habent et non audient
What is Useless “A Church which only makes use of ‘utility music’ has fallen for what is, in fact, useless. She too becomes ineffectual. For...
Practice of Penance and Growth in Holiness
A recurring motif in the Holy Father’s words to us is the call to repentance. Hope without repentance is a false hope. Repentance is the...
Immersing Ourselves in Prayer
Last evening, in speaking to the bishops of the Church in the United States, the Holy Father called “the imitation of Christ in holiness of...
Welcome, Most Holy Father!
“Did it never occur to you that we call the Pope Holy Father because we think of him as our father? That the unity of...
A First Saturday
Was anyone else struck by the Holy Father’s allusion, in today’s Regina Caeli message, to the “Marian dimension” of Pope John Paul II’s death on...
Vultus Christi, Vultus Misericordiae
Pope Benedict XVI Calls the Face of Christ the Supreme Revelation of the Mercy of God The Holy Father’s message at the Regina Caeli today,...
Christ Made Me His Own
In the fall of 2006 the Holy Father gave five General Audiences on Saint Paul the Apostle. These five teachings are a marvelous preparation for...
Conversi ad Dominum
In the context of yesterday’s General Audience, the Holy Father spoke not only of the Vultus Christi, the Face of Christ, but also of turning...
Thank you, Holy Father!
“One cannot contemplate Mary without being attracted by Christ and one cannot look at Christ without immediately perceiving the presence of Mary.” I am profoundly...
Urbi et Orbi
Christmas Message ‘Urbi et Orbi’ of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI “A holy day has dawned upon us. Come you nations and adore the Lord....
Spes Nostra
Monday of the First Week of Advent Isaiah 4:2-6 Psalm 121: 1-2, 3-4a, 4b-5, 6-7), 8-9 (R. 1) Matthew 8:5-11 Isaiah’s Gift Spe Salvi, the...
Ad Te Levavi and Spe Salvi
An Introit and an Encyclical There is an immense hope in the liturgy of the First Sunday of Advent, making it perfectly consonant with Spe...