From the Blight of Sin to the Bliss of Grace
Back to Creation’s Dawn The mystery we celebrate on the feast of the Immaculate Conception takes us back to creation’s dawn, to a moment of...
Advent Vespers: Conditor Alme Siderum
The Orbit Determined By Christ At the very moment when the Magi, guided by the star, adored Christ the new king, astrology came to an...
In My Gallery of Heavenly Heroes
December 1st is the dies natalis of four holy priests who figure in my personal gallery of heavenly heroes. Saint Ralph Sherwin, Priest and Martyr,...
The Humility of Taking Small Steps
From this morning’s General Audience: Encountering the Face of God In Jesus of Nazareth we encounter the face of God, descended from Heaven to immerse...
Thoughts of peace, and not of affliction
The painting by Albrecht Dürer depicts the afflicted Job and his wife. Affliction The verb to afflict derives from the Latin affligere, meaning to cast...