Innocens manibus, et mundo corde
A Saint for Schoolboys When I was growing up, Catholic schoolboys were given a choice of two patron saints: Dominic Savio and Luigi (more often...
Exaudi, Domine, vocem meam
David’s Cry from the Heart Today’s Holy Mass opens with a great cry to God, a cry wrung from the heart of David: Hear, O...
Heroic confidence in the midst of impossibilities
June 17th was the dies natalis of Marie-Adèle Garnier, Mother Mary of St. Peter, Foundress of the Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of...
Saint Basil: Letter to a Fallen Monk
Come Back Now if any hope of salvation still remains in you, any slight recollection of God, any desire for the good things to come,...
Pope Benedict XVI on Saint Basil the Great
A Luminary of the Church Dear Brothers and Sisters, let us remember today one of the great Fathers of the Church, St Basil, described by...