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...
O mon Dieu, Trinité que j’adore . . .
Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity + 9 November 1906 Blessed Elizabeth’s Elevation to the Most Holy Trinity, written by the young Carmelite on 21 November...
He went in, and took her by the hand
The 23rd Sunday After Pentecost Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 9,18-26. As he was speaking these things unto them, behold a...